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  • Badlands (1973)
    Review preview for Badlands

    The cinematography, making the most of stark landscapes and wide open spaces, is often breathtaking.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A young couple fall in love and do terrible things in a story based on the Starkweather Fugate killings of 1959.
  • A Hidden Life (2019)
    Review preview for A Hidden Life

    One of the flaws of Malick’s film is that the main character goes into introspective mode, thereby depriving us of any real insight in to his thoughts.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
  • Knight Of Cups (2015)
    Review preview for Knight Of Cups

    Malick and his cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, if nothing else, deliver stunningly beautiful vistas and backdrops for his narratives and characters, yet like the characters, there seems to be something empty at its core.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    Targeting the world of showbusiness.
  • The New World (2005)
    Review preview for The New World

    Epic, sprawling and inspirational.

    Richard Mellor · 4.5 out of 5
    English nudge out natives, plunder Pocahontas and kick-start some place called America.
  • Song To Song (2017)
    Review preview for Song To Song

    Some films need to be watched alone. This is one of them.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Modern love story set against the backdrop of the Austin music scene.
  • To The Wonder (2012)
    Review preview for To The Wonder

    Once again, Malick tackles the big themes full on – love, the nature of creation and creativity, the relationship of Man to God, and of humanity to the environment – and reaches what seems to me a pretty pessimistic conclusion.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young couple – one French, one American – try to keep their relationship alive across two continents.
  • The Thin Red Line (1998)
    Review preview for The Thin Red Line

    Nil points for originality.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Exploration of the Guadalcanal conflict during the Second World War.
  • The Tree Of Life (2011)
    Review preview for The Tree Of Life

    A stunning film, Malick's greatest work to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The loss of a son and brother leads to a journey back through memory and the past in search of answers.
  • Voyage Of Time: Life's Journey (2016)
    Review preview for Voyage Of Time: Life's Journey

    Everything is exquisitely shot and wonderful in its alienness.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An exploration of the universe and humanity's place within it.

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