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Paul Griffiths

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  • 6 Plots (2012)
    Review preview for 6 Plots

    There is hardly a true note struck and since we are given no reason to like, let alone care for them, there is simply no tension surrounding their imperiled survival.

    Paul Griffiths · 1 out of 5
    A high-school kid finds herself embroiled in a deadly game after her friends are buried alive.
  • A Road Stained Crimson (2012)
    Review preview for A Road Stained Crimson

    Tetsuhiko Nono’s remarkable Japanese indie debut signals him as a cine-literate writer and director of verve, invention and visual panache.

    Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
    A former hitman trying to live a quiet life finds himself blackmailed at the same time as a boy arrives in desperate need of his guidance.
  • The Hidden Hand (2012)
    Review preview for The Hidden Hand

    It is left for the viewer to decide, although by giving his documentary such a cabalistic title, it is clear where Carman stands.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    A guide to theories of alien contact with Earth.
  • City Slacker (2012)
    Review preview for City Slacker

    City Slacker plays its set up for breezy rom-com laughs against the backdrop of a carnivorous corporate banking culture.

    Paul Griffiths · 2 out of 5
    An ambitious, successful woman seeks an unambitious, unsuccessful man to be a house husband.
  • Portrait Of A Zombie (2012)
    Review preview for Portrait Of A Zombie

    The requisite staples are undead and present and while tasty chutzpah abounds, ultimately the film doesn’t deliver a totally satisfying meal.

    Paul Griffiths · 2 out of 5
    A family is ostracised by the local community after deciding to care for a son who has become a zombie, whilst his pregnant girlfriend still hopes the local priest will marry them.
  • Kill Me (2012)
    Review preview for Kill Me

    The moments of satisfying personal drama and suspense are built slowly rather than thumped out with high intensity.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    A suicidal teenager agrees to help a murderer on the run if he will kill her afterwards, but as they flee, he finds himself beginning to care for her.
  • Love Tomorrow (2012)
    Review preview for Love Tomorrow

    After the hard to swallow entrée and adagio, these variations do lead us to a satisfying coda.

    Paul Griffiths · 2.5 out of 5
    Two dancers get talking on an escalator and gradually find themselves embarking on a relationship.
  • Poetry (2010)
    Review preview for Poetry

    Poetry is by turns a serene and haunting piece.

    Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
    A grandmother discovers poetry and begins to reassess the world around her.
  • The Fourth Dimension (2012)
    Review preview for The Fourth Dimension

    Fawns completes the troika with a ringing emotional pop.

    Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
    Triplet of short films, conforming to a fixed 'creative brief'.
  • Fallen Art (2004)
    Review preview for Fallen Art

    The animation is well textured and the story’s pace satisfyingly builds up to the ghoulish pay off.

    Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
    Danse macabre look at the madness of war.

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