REPRISE

Year: 2006
Genre: Drama/Romance
Language: Norwegian
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes

A captivating film with a thrilling screenplay, exuberant cinematography, and brilliant editing & direction. The overtone of gloominess blends seamlessly with the aggressiveness, angst, & the passion shown in the film.

Rating: 4/5

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FUNNY GAMES

Year: 1997
Genre: Horror/Crime/Thriller
Language: German
Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes

A very seemingly simple yet compelling torture drama that is bizarre, eerily funny, emotional, unconventional, and really entertaining.

Rating: 4/5

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BULLET BALLET

Year: 1998
Genre: Action/Thriller/Crime
Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes

An avantgarde, obscure, gritty, hallucinatory, and a cerebral hammering neo-noir thriller.

Rating: 3.5/5
for cinematography, direction, and art.

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MAREBITO a.k.a THE STRANGER FROM AFAR

Year: 2004
Genre: Horror/Mystery/Handycam
Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes

Throws the viewer into a labyrinth of psychological madness & claustrophobia. Quite a creepy and a somber film that will leave one with a lot of questions at the end.

Rating: 3.5/5

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TRASH HUMPERS

Year: 2010
Genre: Documentary/Horror
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 14 minutes

A vandalistic & an uneven mockumentary that is funny, disturbing, boring, irritating, and exhausting to watch. A transgressive piece of trash that deserves to be watched atleast once.

Rating: 2.5/5

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AJAMI

Year: 2009
Genre: Drama/Crime/Thriller
Language: Arabic/Hebrew
Runtime: 2 hours

A very thought provoking modern day drama about violence, love, brotherhood, and despair centered around Israeli-Arabs, Israeli-Jews, Israeli-Christians, and Palestinians. Magnificently shot, directed, written, and edited. A sensational & an important film.

Rating: 3.5/5

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JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

Year: 2007
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes

A psychotic & a disquieting film based on a true story with a wafer-thin plot that mainly focuses on extreme physical torture without being too graphic.

Rating: 3/5

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2LDK

Year: 2003
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1 hour 9 minutes

2 Women in an apartment - Expect fireworks! Bitchy, violent, neurotic, intense, and outrageously entertaining.

Rating: 3.5/5

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RELIGULOUS

Year: 2008

Genre: Documentary/Comedy
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes

Entertaining, hilarious, and an outrageous documentary that sarcastically dissects religious beliefs and gives rise to new thoughts and questions for debate. An atheist's treat.

Rating: 3.5/5

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