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Movie of the Week – 11 Minutes
There’s a distinctly Eastern European flavour to the roundup this week. The pick of the new releases is 11 Minutes, the latest from veteran Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski. It sees a bunch of characters linked by the events that occur within the titular timeframe, and it races along with an energy you wouldn’t expect from a 77-year-old filmmaker.
If that whets your appetite, you can find a bunch of Polish movies courtesy of the Irish Film Institute’s annual Kinopolis festival, which takes place this weekend and showcases the best of Polish cinema.
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The Lesson
From Bulgaria we have an interesting slice of social realism in The Lesson, the story of a schoolteacher’s attempts to save the family home after her husband lands them in trouble with the bank. It’s gripping until the final scenes, when it all gets a little too overly dramatic.
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Sunset Song
Sunset Song is a rural Scottish melodrama adapted from a 1932 novel and almost feels like it was made in that year. It looks lovely and features some great performances, but it’s all a little timid, and probably belongs on ITV on a Sunday evening.
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Krampus
Krampus injects some horror into the Christmas movie genre with a John Hughes style family comedy interrupted by the arrival of a seasonal demon from Germanic folklore. It’s a bit of Xmas fun but never really makes the most out of its great concept.
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Victor Frankenstein
The bottom of the barrel this week is Victor Frankenstein, a dull retread of Mary Shelley’s classic story that seems to believe it’s a lot more clever than it really is.
By Eric Hillis of themoviewaffler.com