The Magdalene Sisters

The Magdalene Sisters

This surprise winner of the Golden Lion at Venice last year has been breaking box office records in Ireland as it exposes an ugly truth from that country’s almost unbelievably recent past. Monika Maurer salutes director Peter Mullan’s ‘complete control of

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Solaris

‘What is Solaris?’ asks the poster? Well, it’s a US commercial and critical nosedive for Soderbergh and Clooney, but a success d’estime in Europe. Todd Harbour applauds one of the most intelligent American movies of the year

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Sunrise

On show at the Berlin Film Festival was a restored print of Murnau’s 1929 masterpiece, Sunrise. John Gorick luxuriated in the imagery of one of silent cinema’s true greats

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The Hours

The Hours

Uh oh, here it comes – the story of three women all pining for someone called Oscar. Ian Haydn Smith has to admit that ‘Stephen Daldry’s remarkable adaptation is an intelligent and moving film’

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Narc

The career revival for both Ray Liotta and Jason Patric starts here in this well received police procedural. ‘This is the best performance from a US actor in a long old stretch’, says Bob Carroll, of Liotta

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The War Game

A genuine event, this – the DVD release of Peter Watkins’s long-banned ‘fictional documentary’. ‘Certain addresses in London, Washington and Baghdad may benefit from ordering a copy’, believes Andrew Davies

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