Category: film reviews

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Three Stars (2010)

Three Stars is Lutz Hachmeister’s attempt to lift the veil surrounding the world of those who managed to climb to the pedestal of that sacred publication, holiest of all grails for most aspiring and confirmed chefs: the Michelin Guide.

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Tampopo

Widow Tampopo sets out to find the perfect recipe to make ramen alongside truck driver Goro.

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Nonchan Noriben

Nonchan Noriben is a movie about a woman’s struggle to get on her feet after she decides to get a divorce, just as much as it is a movie about food-making.

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Ace Attorney (2012)

In a true blend of multiple genres he’s tackled before, Takashi Miike captures the essence of the Phoenix Wright games without losing his own style.

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Compliance (2012)

Craig Zobel’s look at a dark, twisted crime that really happened teeters the line between being exploitative and not, while delivering an impressive movie.

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Painted Skin: The Resurrection

After being punished with 500 years of ice imprisonment, fox spirit Xiaowei escapes and lives, devouring hearts of men in the hope that one day someone will willingly give her their heart so she may become human.

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Woman in Chains

Clouzot’s final film is a psychosexual rollercoaster filled to the brim with color that tells of a love triangle between a photographer, an artist, and a lonely housewife.

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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

Characters are crammed in an ordinary car and do ordinary things like thinking and chatting. There is silence. The purpose of their journey: locate the body of a murdered man in order to perform an autopsy. Have you given up already? Please, do not.