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15/06/2018
Film Review: Ocean’s 8
★★★☆☆ Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s trilogy was, briefly, the hottest property in Hollywood. The star-studded cast of his 2001 Rat Pack remake deliveredContinue Reading
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27/05/2017
Film Review: In the Fade
★★★☆☆ Head On and Soul Kitchen director Fatih Akin returns to UK cinemas this week with In the Fade, a solidContinue Reading
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22/06/2018
Five films where lucky breaks save the day
When we think of the world’s most heroic movie protagonists, ranging from superheroes such as Superman and Iron Man, toContinue Reading
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22/06/2018
Criterion Review: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
★★★★★ On 25 November 1970, Yukio Mishima, one of Japan’s leading authors, attempted a coup d’etat with three members ofContinue Reading
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22/06/2018
DVD Review: The Defiant Ones
★★★★☆ When a prisoner transport crashes during a night-time storm, John ‘Joker’ Jackson (Tony Curtis) and Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier)Continue Reading
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15/06/2018
Film Review: The Ciambra
★★★☆☆ Located on the toe end of Italy’s boot, Gioa Tauro is a testament to Italy’s failure to develop theContinue Reading
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07/06/2018
Film Review: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
★★☆☆☆ In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, life may well have found a way, but the same can’t be said forContinue Reading
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04/06/2018
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018: Our programme highlights
This week sees the return of one of the highlights of the UK’s festival calendar in the form of SheffieldContinue Reading
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02/06/2018
Sundance London 2018: The Tale review
★★★★☆ Documentary filmmaker Jennifer Fox unravels her own history of sexual abuse in The Tale, a sharp and harrowing accountContinue Reading
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02/06/2018
Sundance London 2018: Skate Kitchen review
★★★★☆ A young skateboarder discovers her tribe and falls into the intricacies of young adult friendship in Skate Kitchen, theContinue Reading
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02/06/2018
Sundance London 2018: Never Goin’ Back review
★★★☆☆ Fresh faces Maia Mitchell and Cami Morrone star in the debut feature film from Texan director Augustine Frizzell, theContinue Reading
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02/06/2018
Film Review: Hereditary
★★★★★ Australian actress Toni Collette is outstanding in the deeply unsettling and frankly terrifying Hereditary, the latest feature on A24’sContinue Reading
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02/06/2018
Interview: François Ozon, dir. L’Amant Double
The French director François Ozon is no beginner when it comes to tackling eroticism on film. His output during theContinue Reading
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02/06/2018
Film Review: Book Club
★★★★☆ Four older women, bonded by the passage of time and extremely expensive interior design, meet for a monthly bookContinue Reading
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02/06/2018
Criterion Review: Midnight Cowboy
★★★★★ Tired of washing dishes for a living in his small Texan town, Joe (Jon Voight) ups sticks to NewContinue Reading
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23/05/2018
Red Rock Entertainment: Five secrets to great lighting
It is light that allows us to see and differentiate colours. Light in the film industry lets the viewers seeContinue Reading