Contributor Matt Bochenski

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Review

Senna

Senna may well have been a victim of F1’s politics, but it’s also clear that he played those games as well as anybody.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Hangover Part II

The Wolfpack hit Bangkok in this loud, dumb, occasionally obnoxious but truly hilarious sequel.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Apocalypse Now (1979)

A jaw-dropping spectacle and brain-melting existential nightmare, Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam opus is touched by genius.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Attack the Block

Joe Cornish’s dazzling first feature is a brilliant first film by anybody’s standards.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Darren Aronofsky: ‘I try not to hold on to past successes and past failures’

The Black Swan director reflects on the art of filmmaking, the trials of building a legacy and having a dark side.
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Review

Black Swan

If Black Swan is Darren Aronofsky’s claim to creative genius, it’s one that is undermined by the film’s own dual nature.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Blue Valentine

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams shine in this emotionally bruising relationship drama from Derek Cianfrance.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The King’s Speech

Not just one of the most entertaining British films in years, but one of the most intriguing, too.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Carlos

Olivier Assayas serves up an imaginative but exhausting study of a man who embodied the shifting sands of history.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Tamara Drewe

Stripping away the dazzling veneer of sun-dappled privilege, Stephen Frears reveals a world of betrayal, desperation, bitterness and regret.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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