Gus Van Sant's take on the shooting at Columbine High School is a masterpiece. Using a cast of unprofessional actors, he has created a unique and highly affecting film, rich in atmosphere and style. The non-linear narrative follows the experiences of the key characters, giving a different perspective of events in the short time frame (most of the events shown in the film take place in about an hour). While the tension in the film obviously comes from the impending violence, the film's strongest
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RUSHMORE (1999)
Certification15 Our Rating
A quirky, clever and charming movie from rookie director Anderson, who flies in the face of convention by making the hero of this high school-based comedy a slightly geeky academic who's anything but the all-American kid. Max Fischer is a brilliant but mixed-up scholarship kid at the Rushmore Academy, with a frenzied timetable and an uncanny knack of baffling both students and teachers alike. He attracts the attention of Blume (the superb Bill Murray), a rich, bored, middle-aged parent, apparen
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STORYTELLING (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
Another slice of dark and twisted genius from the director of "Happiness" consisting of two tales;
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WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE (1995)
Certification15 Our Rating
Dogface Wiener is a not too smart, geeky, pubescent girl with no sense of style. She has a nerd for an elder brother, a pampered little sister, a crush on the singer in an awful rock band and a weed as her only pal. A humourous look at the growing pains of adolescence and a winner of the Sundance Film Festival.
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