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MIFF 2013: Outrage Beyond (2012)

The main flaw is that the film simply doesn’t bring anything really new to the proceedings, but fans of Kitano and his previous gangster films will no doubt find a lot to like here regardless.

MIFF 2013: Closed Curtain (2013)

Following the documentary This Is Not A Film, Closed Curtain marks director Jafar Panahi’s second movie (co-directed by Kambuzia Partovi) since a six year home imprisonment sentence and twenty year ban on film making was imposed on him by the Iranian government.

MIFF 2013: A Hijacking (2012)

Despite a slow start, this slow grinding thriller thrives on a claustrophobic atmosphere, becoming tenser with each minute and building to a gripping finale.

Film Review: The Wolverine (2013)

The film’s plot moves briskly enough from one forced cliché to the next that’s punctuated by some well-staged action sequences (including one atop a speeding bullet train). The pace is also advantageous in speeding past some of the fairly large plot-holes, especially considering the talent that collaborated on the screenplay

CLOSED: Pain and Gain Giveaway

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures, Film Blerg is giving away 5 double passes to see Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in PAIN AND GAIN, in cinemas August 8….

Film Review: Orchestra Of Exiles (2012)

Orchestra of Exiles, by Academy Award-nominated director Josh Aronson, recounts one of these lesser-known narratives, that of Bronislaw Huberman and the founding of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra.