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Being a self-aware hyper-personal indie dramedy, this film comes pre-packaged with some forgivable flaws. It also delivers many moments of startling honesty and emotional authenticity that are largely unequalled in other films of the like. The childhood scenes between Oliver and his cynical mother are outstanding.
Style
- Auteur-driven
- Melancholy
- Fashionable alienation
- Deliriously surreal
- Canonical classics
- Neorealist
- Coming-of-Age
- Avant-garde
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Mike Odmark
10Aug11
"Everyone Else" is quite good if you are looking for something on this site. Otherwise, Mike Leigh's "Naked" is great but hard to watch at times. If you liked The Mirror you should probably watch Tarkovsky's "Solaris" too, it's amazing.
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White Material
I have now seen Claire Denis’ devastating film twice. At first glance, I felt like I had missed the political context and ostensibly the point of the film. I wrote the film off as a “message movie”… read review
The Deep Blue Sea
The Deep Blue Sea is a period piece chronicling the decline of a depressed woman as she destroys the relationships around her. As the film drags along, director Terence Davies reveals that there is… read review
Damsels in Distress
Whit Stillman creates characters that seem stuck out of time. They speak in measured, intelligent prose that sounds invariably written. They carry themselves as if they are walking amongst the high… read review
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5 Best Movies of 2011 So Far and 5 Worst
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Thoughts on 'Ebert Presents at the Movies'
10 months ago
Thoughts on Dogtooth in Dogtooth
over 1 year ago
Quality cinema you can show to non cinema fans?
over 1 year ago