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High-Rise

March 16, 2016 Pam Jahn

Ben Wheatley’s Ballard adaptation deliriously embraces social breakdown in a dystopian past future.
Review by Mark Stafford

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A Field in England

July 5, 2013 Pam Jahn

Ben Wheatley’s astonishing, psychedelic period piece is an original, adventurous, imaginative, compelling work.
Review by Virginie S&#233lavy

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Kill List

September 1, 2011 Pam Jahn

Ben Wheatley’s second feature combines gritty realism and crime film, but adds a sinister cult to the mix, not entirely wisely.
Review by Virginie S&#233lavy

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Eureka

March 30, 2016 Pam Jahn

Nicolas Roeg’s overlooked saga about the spectacular rise and fall of a gold prospector is a rich and audacious masterwork.
Review by John Bleasdale

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Always (crashing)

March 29, 2016 Pam Jahn

A post-Ballardian reverie on cars and modernity.
Review by Virginie Sélavy

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Aaaaaaaah!

October 17, 2015 Pam Jahn

Steve Oram’s directorial debut is a grunting comic delight.
Review by Pierre Kapitaniak

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The Wicker Man: The Final Cut

September 27, 2013 Pam Jahn

Cult folk horror The Wicker Man still has the feel of a film apart, an island detached from the mainstream.
Review by Mark Stafford

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The ABCs of Death

April 18, 2013 Pam Jahn

An anthology film made by 26 directors, with lo-fi naturalism next to cartoon expressionism, art house butting up against gross Animation.
Review by Mark Stafford

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Down Terrace

July 30, 2010 VirginieSelavy

In a genre that boasts as many forgettable flops as Michael Caine or Bob Hoskins classics, it’s refreshing to see a film that finds something original to say without relying on clichéd one-liners or stock characters.
Review by James Merchant

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