Nicolas Winding Refn

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The Moviejerk’s Best of Cinema: 2016 Edition

Whatever the hell Martin Scorcese’s been smoking these days, I’m not having any of it. Spouting untruths like a proclaimer of gospels, he righteously preaches “Cinema is gone!”, after which millions of over-stressed…

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Film Reviews

The Neon Demon (2016)

Anyone au fait with the cinema of Nicolas Winding Refn must know by now that the man doesn’t do safe, in the same practical way as, say for example, his…

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Blu-ray: The Driver (1978)

When The Driver was originally released in 1978, it was unfortunately, to some derision, deemed as “ultraviolent trash” and said to be “advisable for film noir aficionados only.” Yet watching today,…

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Cannes 2014

Cannes 2014 Journal: Day Seven

My faith in cinema has been gloriously restored today by the new Dardenne brothers film Two Days, One Night (or its much better sounding title Deux Jours, Une Nuit). Perhaps…

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Feast yourself on the Cannes Official Selection film buffet

And so the competitors (and showmakers) of the world’s most esteemed film festival have been revealed this morning during the Conférence de Presse in Paris, officially kickstarting the butt-clenching excitement…

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The Moviejerk’s Top 10 Films of 2011

Another year, another Top 10 Best Films list. Yawn. As if the Internet isn’t inundated with enough lists. I’m probably the bazillionth so-called critic rounding up another list that doesn’t…

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Drive (2011)

Whilst derivative in surface, Drive emerges as an artfully crafted neo-noir that marries cinematic beauty with raw, gripping violence. What is more, it has the soundtrack of the year and boasts a layered, magnetic turn from Ryan Gosling, officially the coolest guy in cinema this year.

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