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Xan Brooks
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Reviews
Xan Brooks
Film Critic
United Kingdom
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Topsy-Turvy
(1999)
Publish Date: February 18, 2000
"There is a charm to [its] rough edges and a heart and authenticity to the picture as a whole. Its tumultuous backstage world spills out of the wings and enriches the world at large."
The Guardian
Shame
(2011)
"Shame feels less formal, less rooted in the language of the art installation than McQueen's previous film, Hunger, and is all the more satisfying for that. This is fluid, rigorous, serious cinema; the best kind of adult movie (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"
The Guardian
Wuthering Heights
(2011)
"A bold and distinctive approach (...) Her line in creative vandalism rips off the layers of fluffy chiffon that have adhered to the tale through the course of numerous stage and screen adaptations (...) Rating: *** (out of five)"
The Guardian
Dark Horse
(2011)
"Solondz seems to mislay his glasses and lose his focus (...) There is little in the film's pitch-black interior that wasn't tackled better – with more bite, wit and abandon – in Happiness, Welcome to the Dollhouse, or Storytelling (...) Rating: ** (out of five)"
The Guardian
A Good Day to Die Hard
(2013)
"I don't think it knows where it's going. I'm not even sure it cares."
The Guardian
In the Fog
(2012)
"'In the Fog' is an intense, slow-burning and haunting drama (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"
The Guardian
Bastards
(2013)
"I had the sense that Denis's painstaking approach was little more than an act of concealment; that her actual story was thin and tacky and that her elaborate style was precisely that (...) Rating: ** (out fo five)"
The Guardian
The Wind Rises
(2013)
"Looks astonishing but fails to face up sufficiently to the politics of its subject. (...) Naturally the animation is a joy to behold (...) But the film itself (...) It's too polite, it needs more bite (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"
The Guardian
Runner, Runner
(2013)
"This is a lazy, trashy film that barely goes through the motions. (...) Rating: ** (out of five)"
The Guardian
Lore
(2012)
"Australian director Cate Shortland's drama is overflowing with such poetic visual touches, conjuring up a fairytale landscape of long shadows, wafting curtains and waving fronds. (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"
The Guardian
Nymphomaniac. Part 1
(2013)
"Hang on to your seat back, your Bible, or the hand of a friend. Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' bludgeons the body and tenderises the soul. (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"
The Guardian
Manglehorn
(2014)
"Al Pacino delivers a masterclass (...) Manglehorn is a beguiling, minor-key study of the lion in winter (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"
The Guardian
The Wind Will Carry Us
(1999)
Kiarostami's tale is wonderfully warm-hearted, frequently funny and always serenely beautiful to look at."
The Guardian
Breaking Away
(1979)
"The film is fun and stirring; a robust portrait of youth at the crossroads and a bittersweet salute to the town at its centre."
The Guardian
The Missouri Breaks
(1976)
"On first release, Arthur Penn's 1976 western found itself derided as an addled, self-indulgent folly. Today, its quieter passages resonate more satisfyingly (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"
The Guardian
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