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  • Apocalypse Now Redux (1979)
    Review preview for Apocalypse Now Redux

    Undoubtedly, a masterpiece, this three-and-a-half hour version puts body on the flesh of what was already a great movie.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Coppola adds 50 mins and re-edits his classic Vietnam war movie, based on The Heart Of Darkness.
  • Bananaz (2008)
    Review preview for Bananaz

    Everything about this film is rough and ready...but fans of Gorillaz will doubtless enjoy its edge.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Backstage look at the brains behind Gorillaz.
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
    Review preview for Blue Velvet

    One of the great masterpieces of modern cinema

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young man befriends a woman in trouble and discovers a sinister side to life in his small town.
  • The Cool School (2008)
    Review preview for The Cool School

    There's a sense that some of the humour which must have been present around these strong personalities is missing.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A look back at the birth of L.A.'s modern art movement and the famous Ferus gallery.
  • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003)
    Review preview for Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

    This is a comprehensive and uncompromising look at some of the films that still influence many independent filmmakers today.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Documentary about 70s cinema.
  • EDtv (1998)
    Review preview for EDtv

    None of the characters are interesting. They slip into stereotype and stay there, grinning.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Man invites reality TV cameras into his life, without considering the consequences.
  • Elegy (2008)
    Review preview for Elegy

    Elegy is well acted by both the lead and the supporting actors, which helps in carrying the emotional load of the film forward.

    Maryam Ghorbankarimi · 2.5 out of 5
    A college lecturer becomes obsessed by the student with whom he is having an affair.
  • George A Romero's Land Of The Dead (2005)
    Review preview for George A Romero's Land Of The Dead

    Appallingly developed characters and situations decay and rot onscreen.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    The creator of the zombie genre returns with an allegory of Bush's abuses in Iraq.
  • The Indian Runner (1991)
    Review preview for The Indian Runner

    Penn had a definite feel for the incidental details and the everyday rhythms of small-town life.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A State patrolman tries to keep his troubled Vietnam veteran brother on the straight and narrow...
  • Inside Deep Throat (2005)
    Review preview for Inside Deep Throat

    Full of fascinating revelations.

    The Exile · 3 out of 5
    Documentary on the making of the most famous blow job in the history of blue movies.
  • Jesus' Son (1999)
    Review preview for Jesus' Son

    What makes Jesus' Son uniquely different from the neo-realistic traditions of waste and degradation movies is its ability to avoid cliché, as well as its skewed, end-of-the-line humour.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A junkie drifter's tale.
  • Leo (2003)
    Review preview for Leo

    The plot simmers along nicely, dipping and weaving between the two storylines with grace and style.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A former convict corresponds with a lonely boy in the Deep South.
  • Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
    Review preview for Rebel Without A Cause

    Unlike many examples of cinema from an earlier generation, Rebel Without A Cause is dynamic edge-of-the-seat viewing many years on.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    The film which invented the teenager and introduced the world to James Dean.
  • Red Rock West (1993)
    Review preview for Red Rock West

    Stick a Johnny Cash CD on, fix yourself a JD and a Bud, then settle down for some good, thoroughly unclean fun.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    A drifter is mistaken for a hitman and falls in love with the woman he’s supposed to kill...
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
    Review preview for Rumble Fish

    This is not so much a study in stereotypes, courtesy of Jimmy Dean’s legacy, but a love poem to the restless, doomed, anarchic integrity of orphaned hearts.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The heroism of teenage violence against a background of iconic posturing.
  • Speed (1994)
    Review preview for Speed

    A heart-in-your-mouth experience.

    James Benefield · 4 out of 5
    A blackmailer places a bomb on a bus. The bomb will explode if the bus slows down.
  • Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
    Review preview for Tell Them Who You Are

    A truly rare opportunity to take a very personal journey into the life of one of Hollywood’s greats.

    Merlin Harries · 5 out of 5
    Acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler is the subject of his son Mark’s documentary focussing on their complex relationship and his father’s illustrious career.
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
    Review preview for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

    TCM2 was never going to match its predecessor’s intensity but it does achieve a debauched delirium all of its own.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    Leatherface and family torment a radio DJ in a bloody comedy sequel to the horror classic.
  • True Romance (1993)
    Review preview for True Romance

    Another victim of the style over substance genre.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    An earnest young comics geek goes on the run with an inexperienced hooker and an accidentally acquired suitcase full of cocaine - Christopher Walken's cocaine...

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