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The Edge of Heaven   2/27/08
by Thursday Next
As you can see, Gegen die Wand is in my top 10 film list, so comparisons with the earlier film are inevitable. ...

Scarface   2/05/08
by Thursday Next
Is Scarface the ultimate eighties movie? As trashy and flashy as a Duran Duran video, Brian De Palma’s remake of Howard Hawks’ 1932 gangster classic certainly captures the fabled ‘greed is good’ mantra of the eighties. ...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street   1/27/08
by Thursday Next
I enjoyed the comic aspects, especially Todd sitting sullenly at the beach in Mrs Lovett's fantasy song, and wished there could have been a few more to lift the gloomy melodrama. ...

Candy   1/18/08
by Thursday Next
There are harrowing scenes in this film, and frank discussion about prostitution. It is not always easy to watch, and sometimes it is a little drawn out, but it is filmed in a way which blends realism with poetry, and the beautiful moments make the ugly ones bearable. ...

Innocence   12/01/07
by Thursday Next
Boarding school drama, horror film, gothic fantasy, mystery, allegory for girlhood, exploration of innocence, an exercise in style and misdirection – Innocence is all of these. ...

The Counterfeiters   11/12/07
by Thursday Next
The film gives us both sides of the question, with some prisoners arguing for survival and others for sacrifice. ...

Downfall   11/02/07
by Thursday Next
Downfall is an important film in that it is a German film about German history and in that it shows us Nazis as human beings. ...

Gohatto (Taboo)   9/16/07
by Thursday Next
If this review is more questions than facts or even opinion, it is because the film itself is more about questions than answers, more about mystery and beauty than plot or character. ...

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu   9/04/07
by Thursday Next
It is not an easy film to watch, certainly, at times it is quite dull, although you are never in doubt that this is entirely deliberate. ...

Gegen die Wand (Head On)   8/30/07
by Thursday Next
This is not just the best German film ever made, it is one of the best films ever made anywhere in the world. ...


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