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The film opens with a young woman pursuing her lover through the streets of Paris, pleading with him not to leave her. Hua is newly arrived from Beijing and she is here to study at the university. On her way home, she walks through an outdoor market that is closing down for the day [...]
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As is common in Asian cinema, Countdown wants to be all things to all people and, for the most part, it does it quite well. There is action, there is melodrama and there is even a little humour.
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On the surface Carre Blanc is a cold and industrialized film set in a kafka or Orwellian future where a loud speaker cries calls to breed in a world with an ever declining population and all the warmth seems to have gone out of society. Yet this is just the setting for a love [...]
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The most famous serial killer in Australia would seem to be the perfect subject matter for a big budget film starring an A list actor in a gory slasher film. Yet, in this case filmmaker Justin Kurzel has gone is a very different direction using mostly non actors and filming the movie in the [...]
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Rebecca is returning to Brangwyn Hall for her third year. She is still haunted by her father's suicide two years ago but her friends at school, especially Lucy, are helping her through it. This year, her English class is focused on Gothic literature. When a new girl arrives, Rebecca is convinced that she is [...]
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For those who are familiar with with the 1192 film, Baraka, Samsara needs no introduction. For others, it is collection of powerful and striking images collected around a theme. Samsara is a Buddhist word referring to birth, death and rebirth; it refers to impermanence.
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Todd Solondz has never been known to make happy, positive, life affirming films. His 1998 critically acclaimed film Happiness is a title that for the most part would have to be considered ironic to say the least and Dark Horse doesn’t do much to break the streak. However this film is perhaps his most [...]
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When one considers that two-thirds of the planet is covered in water, the idea of a water shortage seems absurd. Yet that is what is happening right now. If you are frightened, this film asserts that you should be. In this ambitious documentary, filmmaker Jessica Yu examines the practices and politics behind water.
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