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IRREVERSIBLE (2002)

23/2/2017

by Alex Davis

FILM GUTTER
COME ON IN, THE WATER’S VIOLENT

Dir. Gaspar Noe,
France, 97 mins

As a reviewer, there are of course movies that you’ve seen before that you have to revisit in order to provide a proper review. Many reviewers would probably look forward to that, but when you dive into extreme cinema there are less fond memories and sense of nostalgia than I expect would be the case elsewhere. Often you actively dread coming back. Admittedly, some lose their impact a second time around – A Serbian Film felt like a very notable example, coming off a little silly once that initial shock value has worn off. Some are not quite as bad as you recall, but still have an effect on the rewatch. A handful literally lose nothing in the intervening time – and Irreversible has lost nothing of its crunch fifteen years on from its initial release.

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FILM GUTTER REVIEWS: LUNA DE MIEL (2015)

16/2/2017

BY ALEX DAVIS

FILM GUTTER
Come on in, the water's just lovely...

Dir. Diego Cohen, Mexico, 96 mins

Ah, Valentine's Day. The perfect time for romance. Of course I type this sitting at home on my own (all together... aaahhhhh....) having just taken on Film Gutter's Valentine's viewing, Luna De Miel. This is a movie I remember spying the trailer for a while back, and liking the look of, but I do have rather a bad habit of losing track of release dates and so forth. Plus I watch a great number of trailers. Anyway, cut a long story short, this one suddenly popped up on Netflix and, inspired by the love in the air, I thought this one would be a good shout for this week's Film Gutter....

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﻿IRREVERSIBLE (2002)

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