“Christmas time … mistletoe and [lots and lots of] wine” 7/10 I’m not going to try and summarize the tangled human relationships that characterise Arnaud Desplechin’s striking ‘Un Conte de Noel’ (A Christmas Tale), so fiddly and time-consuming that it would be. The premise is an extended and admirably dysfunctional family gathering for Christmas in [...]
Un Conte de Noel (A Christmas Tale) – Arnaud Desplechin
August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Film
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There Will Be Blood – Paul Thomas Anderson
March 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Film
Citizen Plainview 9/10 Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film has been a long time coming and fittingly it is an epic of far broader thematic scope than his previous work. To confirm and elevate his status as one of the premier young directors at work today, ‘There Will Be Blood‘ is a daringly original and challenging [...]
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