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Be Kind Rewind
"The plot here is perfunctory, but the amateur-movie shoots are wonderful, mixing equal parts of silliness, sweetness and wit" - Edward Porter

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
"Nobody does self-loathing with quite the same dissolute panache as Philip Seymour Hoffman" - Wendy Ide

Bigga than Ben
"Two Russian immigrants come to London hoping to make an easy fortune, but turn to a life of crime: dark, funny, charming, fast, immoral, decadent and delightful" - Cosmo Landesman

Blindsight
"Strikingly photographed documentary that unfolds into a story of human achievement and a study of the East-West culture clash" - Wendy Ide

Black White + Gray
"Terrific documentary about the unsung collector Sam Wagstaff and his lopsided relationship with his hungry young artist lover Robert Mapplethorpe" - James Christopher

The Boss of It All
"The Danish iconoclast Lars Von Trier finally embraces the centre ground with this smart and witty mainstream comedy" - Kevin Maher

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
"One of the most moving and remarkable films about childhood I’ve ever seen: a simple tale of unimaginable horror" - James Christopher

Burn After Reading
"An irreverent blast of screwball nihilism, twisty machinations and goofball performances" - Kevin Maher

California Dreamin'
"Inspired by a real life stand-off between stranded US troops and the inhabitants of a tiny Romanian village" - Kevin Maher

The Changeling
"This mature and thoughtful film is a many-layered triumph for Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie" - Kevin Maher

Chocolate
"From the director who brought us the stunt-tastic Ong-Bak comes another symphony of exquisitely choreographed carnage" - Wendy Ide

Cloverfield
"An hour in I started to sweat. And I nearly threw up trying to make sense of the increasingly chaotic and frightening scenes of the gripping climax" - James Christopher

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