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American Psycho
(2000)
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Mark Freeman
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Posted Jan 24, 2004
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Y tu mamá también
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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A tremendous example of what is possible when you take a simple premise, and imbue it with intelligence and dignity.
Posted Sep 20, 2002
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Signs
(2002)
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Mark Freeman
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Its attempts to merge popcorn mentalities and issues of theology means there is not enough of either approach to really work.
Posted Sep 09, 2002
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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'...a great, participatory spectator sport.'
Posted Jul 03, 2002
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Minority Report
(2002)
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Mark Freeman
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the most interesting, successful, and basically honest work this director has done for a long, long time.
Posted Jun 28, 2002
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The Importance of Being Earnest
(2002)
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Mark Freeman
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'In this poor remake of such a well loved classic, Parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision.'
Posted Jun 28, 2002
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The Beaver Trilogy
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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'...toys with issues of spectatorship so brilliantly, that you emerge having learnt a lot about fiction, documentary, and yourself.'
Posted Jun 13, 2002
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The Last Kiss
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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"its successes are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right."
Posted Jun 04, 2002
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Puppetry of the Penis - Tackle Happy
(2002)
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Mark Freeman
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"It's such a weird and demented world these men choose to inhabit, but Molloy doesn't take us any further than the surface."
Posted Jun 04, 2002
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The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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'...like the lives of the geniuses it centres on, The Royal Tenenbaums is a good looking, angst ridden example of squandered potential.'
Posted May 17, 2002
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The Scorpion King
(2002)
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Mark Freeman
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a return of the action hero as self-parody
Posted Apr 19, 2002
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Kandahar
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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'...doesn't quite have the cohesion and power of the sublime Gabbeh... but still remains strong and compelling'
Posted Apr 05, 2002
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A Beautiful Mind
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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It may be a film which salutes intelligence and the power of love, but it's also a symbol of cinematic cowardice and fear.
Posted Apr 05, 2002
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Waking Life
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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It has taken a decade for Linklater to move from Slacker to Waking Life, and a comparison between the two brilliantly exposes the changes that have occurred over this time.
Posted Mar 29, 2002
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Ali
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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It's great art cinema masquerading as a mainstream film.
Posted Mar 29, 2002
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002)
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Mark Freeman
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"the focus on the girls sometimes falls flat, but the rest is strong and executed with some precision."
Posted Mar 15, 2002
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The Shipping News
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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...leads us from the alien to the comprehensible with a gentle, leisurely hand.
Posted Feb 22, 2002
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From Hell
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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a clumsy amalgam of contemporary vision and period thriller
Posted Feb 15, 2002
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Mulholland Dr.
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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gets better, deeper, more perfect, the longer you spend within its intricate, tragic, fascinating world.
Posted Feb 08, 2002
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Behind Enemy Lines
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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Not since last year's Rules of Engagement has there been a film with a blacker, more sinister heart.
Posted Feb 01, 2002
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Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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"a sensorial smorgasbord where you become attuned to the symphonic marriage of pure sound and perfect image."
Posted Jan 11, 2002
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Amélie
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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irritating and nauseatingly cute
Posted Jan 11, 2002
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The Man Who Wasn't There
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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'...it's so relentlessly referential that The Man Who Wasn't There slips almost into claustrophobia.'
Posted Dec 28, 2001
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The Others
(2001)
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Mark Freeman
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a masterful film that reinvigorates the long forgotten genre of the female Gothic.
Posted Nov 22, 2001
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Kippur
(2000)
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Mark Freeman
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all the more daring for its desire to convey its message without didacticism or even conventional methods of narrative.
Posted Nov 22, 2001
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Looking for Alibrandi
(2000)
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Mark Freeman
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"a remarkably fresh, energetic celebration of youth and culture."
Posted Jul 16, 2001
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Chopper
(2000)
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Mark Freeman
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"tough, provocative and challenging."
Posted Jul 16, 2001
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Better Than Sex
(2000)
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Mark Freeman
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There are indeed a few things that are better than sex. Unfortunately Better Than Sex is not one of them.
Posted Apr 26, 2001
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Rosetta
(1999)
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Mark Freeman
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a careful, painful film, but beautiful in its execution
Posted Mar 21, 2001
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