The Cheaters (1930)
An Australian movie directed by a woman in 1930? About a jewel thief who falls in love with her wealthy boyfriend while wearing a pannier? HELL YES. The Cheaters has a lot of other stuff to recommend it – not just the surprising fact that it was made by a trio of... »
Chess of the Wind (Shatranj-e Baad, 1976)
It’s like something out of a movie. After Chess of the Wind showed at the Tehran International Festival in 1976, it was banned by the Iranian government in 1979. Its negatives were thought to be lost and the film only survived on imperfect, pirated tapes. Then in 2015... »
The Juniper Tree (1990)
Björk, famously, did one musical. Less famously, she did one other movie as well – this English-language Icelandic oddity, written and directed by an American, the late Nietzscha Keene. It’s based on a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and is so beautifully... »Carnage
Roman Polanski’s Carnage is released in cinemas today. Sarah Manvel reviews.
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Broken Lines
Getting their lines crossed? Sarah Manvel reviews Sallie Aprahamian’s Broken Lines.
»Knuckle
Is Knuckle knock-out? Sarah Manvel reviews this film about bare-fist fighting.
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Unknown (2011)
Sarah Manvel reviews Unknown, released on DVD today.
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Brighton Rock
Does Brighton Rock rock? Sarah Manvel reviews the remake of a British classic.
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The Undercover War
The Undercover War offers a fresh take on a long established genre.
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Black Swan
Lake it or leave it? Why Black Swan ruffles Sarah Manvel’s feathers.
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Synecdoche, New York (U.S., 2008)
Too cooky can spoil the broth: Sarah Manvel is not very impressed with Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut
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The Class (Entre les murs) (France, 2008)
A lesson in filmmaking: after 21 years, French wins the Palme d’Or with a film set in a school
»Hunger
Steve McQueen’s film strikes a dissonant chord with Sarah Manvel
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Badlands (1973)
Terrence Malick’s Badlands is as relevant now as it was 25 years ago, says Sarah Manvel
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The Wackness
Good times: Sarah Manvel enjoys the retro charm of the latest indie sensation, The Wackness
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Killer of Sheep
Sarah Manvel on the restoration of an American independent classic
»The Cinema of Terrence Malick: Poetic Visions of America
Sarah Manvel reviews the second edition of Wallflower’s book on the work of Hollywood’s most elusive auteur Terrence Mallick
»The Searchers
Kamera’s new contributor Sarah Manvel on John Ford’s Western classic, The Searchers, recently released on DVD
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