The Insult demonstrates just how powerful words can be. The trials between the Tony the Lebanese Christian and Yasser the Palestinian refugee are like the OJ Simpson trials on steroids.
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What were you doing on your sixteenth birthday? Hopefully something better than Liam. Sweet Sixteen came out three years before MTV’s My Super Sweet Sixteen and shows a semi-orphaned teenager waiting for his mum to get released from prison. It’s another brilliantly bleak depiction of working class youth in the U.K. from Ken Loach and a perfect reality check to the super rich spoiled kids which took over MTV screens a few years later.
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Dawn is timeless. What it lacks in depth and clarity it makes up for in style. You’ll probably lose track of what’s happening more than once because of the snappy cuts and quick camera movements. However, you won’t care because it’s mesmerising. The beautiful black and white cinematography and the epic myth of Pavlik Morozov will immerse you in the chaos of Soviet Latvia.
From: Latvia, EuropeContinue reading “Dawn – A Modern Soviet Epic from Latvia”
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Beautiful scenery, beautifully shot, Lamb could be a travel commercial for the Ethiopian tourist board. But the beautiful landscape can’t be fully enjoyed by Ephraim and his family as they’ve run out of food. The worst of each of them shows itself on film as they struggle to get by – will Ephraim’s beloved lamb survive?
From: Ethiopia, AfricaContinue reading “Lamb – See a Patriarchy Struggling to Get By”
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Imagine a German nightclub blasting techno music. Imagine a German nightclub blasting techno music whilst drinking Red Bull. Imagine a German nightclub blasting techno music whilst drinking Red Bull and dancing the running man. You’re now getting close to the adrenaline rush of Run Lola Run.
Imagine a German nightclub blasting techno music. Imagine a German nightclub blasting techno music whilst drinking Red Bull. Imagine a German nightclub blasting techno music whilst drinking Red Bull and dancing the running man. You’re now getting close to the adrenaline rush of Run Lola Run.
From: Germany, EuropeContinue reading “Run Lola Run – An Adrenaline Rush in Berlin”
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