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Southern Softies

Southern Softies

 

Documentary (1h 18min 53s)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Graham Fellows
Starring John Shuttleworth, Graham Fellows

Rating :

Review by Anthony Quinn : 'While it would be unwise to expect much (any) insight, there are laughs along the way, most of them springing from a wry observation of his own amateurishness (he plays a disastrous gig) and a sense of lyricism to rival McGonagall's'

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The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

 

(Le Premier jour du reste de ta vie)

Drama (1h 54min)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Rémi Bezançon
Starring Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman

Rating :

Review by Anthony Quinn : 'Bézançon handles the passage of time and the shifts of perspective quite adroitly, and creates a real sense of the characters as a family unit. His use of music is also inspired ? Blossom Dearie singing "I Walk a Little Faster" deserves an extra star.'

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The Informant!

The Informant!

 

Comedy (1h 48min 7s)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula

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Review by Anthony Quinn : 'The problem with The Informant!, aside from that overcoaxing exclamation mark, is that it's not especially funny. As Damon pulls an increasingly ragged cloak of lies about his chubby form, we feel a sort of contempt for him and a pity for the two Feds who've spent five long years trying to put a case together.'

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A Serious Man

A Serious Man

 

Drama (1h 45min 21s)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick

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Review by Anthony Quinn : 'Is it possible to admire a body of work for its smartness, deadpan humour, irreverence, visual bravura, and yet feel thoroughly alienated and even dismayed by it at the same time?'

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The Sea Wall

The Sea Wall

 

(Un barrage contre le Pacifique)

Drama (1h 55min)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Rithy Panh
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Gaspard Ulliel

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Review by Anthony Quinn : 'Rithy Panh's film catches the simmering tensions of a country under the yoke, though the latter stages lack the urgency one might have expected of a film so deeply engaged with imperial corruption and wrongdoing.'

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Glorious 39

Glorious 39

 

Drama (2h 8min 50s)   Release date : 20/11/2009

Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy

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Review by Anthony Quinn : 'The cast is impressive ? Julie Christie, Jenny Agutter, David Tennant, Hugh Bonneville, Christopher Lee ? though more astonishing is why any of them were tempted into such tosh.'

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