DIFF 2012 Archive

  • This is a movie to be enjoyed with a tub of popcorn on a weekend at the cinemas, not at a Film Festival.

    The Thieves (Dodookdeul)

    This is a movie to be enjoyed with a tub of popcorn on a weekend at the cinemas, not at a Film Festival.

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  • The film, specifically its humour, will work well for the ethnic culture it caters to. For others, watch it if you want to experience a funny take on a different culture

    Detroit Unleaded

    The film, specifically its humour, will work well for the ethnic culture it caters to. For others, watch it if you want to experience a funny take on a different culture

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  • For a country that has no cinemas and a nonexistent film industry, Wadjda is a monumental achievement of accomplished storytelling and craft.

    Wadjda

    For a country that has no cinemas and a nonexistent film industry, Wadjda is a monumental achievement of accomplished storytelling and craft.

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  • The Great Kilapy is a film full of political intrigue featuring an apolitical central character. Set during the 60’s at a time of great civil unrest in Angola, which was then under Portuguese colonial rule, director Zézé Gamboa skilfully captures and portrays the climate of the time in a film that is engaging and revelatory.

    The Great Kilapy

    The Great Kilapy is a film full of political intrigue featuring an apolitical central character. Set during the 60’s at a time of great civil unrest in Angola, which was then under Portuguese colonial rule, director Zézé Gamboa skilfully captures and portrays the climate of the time in a film that is engaging and revelatory.

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  • Lesson of Evil is a relentless, remorseless look at pure evil. It is so brutally violent, it numbs you into submission and you are unsure how you should react to it. There is little joy in watching the film but it stands as a unique testament to enfant terrible director Takashi Miike’s crazy view of the world.

    Lesson of Evil

    Lesson of Evil is a relentless, remorseless look at pure evil. It is so brutally violent, it numbs you into submission and you are unsure how you should react to it. There is little joy in watching the film but it stands as a unique testament to enfant terrible director Takashi Miike’s crazy view of the world.

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  • Here and There is episodic and distant – it serves the purpose of a documentary, but by being a work of fiction.

    Here and There (Aquí y Allá)

    Here and There is episodic and distant – it serves the purpose of a documentary, but by being a work of fiction.

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  • The movie gets confusing before things start to make sense, but the reward of experiencing it whole is cinematic wonder.

    Cloud Atlas

    The movie gets confusing before things start to make sense, but the reward of experiencing it whole is cinematic wonder.

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  • Bill Murray makes this movie barely watchable, where the King and Queen can’t stop discussing Hot Dogs!

    Hyde Park on Hudson

    Bill Murray makes this movie barely watchable, where the King and Queen can’t stop discussing Hot Dogs!

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  • Aside from the performances of the two lead actors, there is not much to admire here.

    A Few Hours of Spring (Quelques Heures De Printemps)

    Aside from the performances of the two lead actors, there is not much to admire here.

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  • Our Children (A Perdre La Raison) conveys the anxiety and pressure of raising a family with great seriousness building on the toll that many years of marriage and parenting take on a woman and dexterously communicates the sensation of entrapment of such a situation.

    Our Children

    Our Children (A Perdre La Raison) conveys the anxiety and pressure of raising a family with great seriousness building on the toll that many years of marriage and parenting take on a woman and dexterously communicates the sensation of entrapment of such a situation.

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