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★★★★☆ The BFI’s remastered Jacques Tati series continues with the double release of Jour de Fête (1949) and Mon Oncle (1958) – two of the beloved French star’s most renowned films. Packaged with in-depth booklets, essays and brand new artwork […]
★☆☆☆☆ Monstro! (2010), the new (supposed) antipodean shocker from the Land Down Under is just that very thing – monstrous. Selling itself as a horror-action comedy, it’s heavy on the horror (if slapstick gore qualifies as horror), but non-existent on […]
★★★★☆ There was never any in-between with Diana Vreeland, the legendary fashion editor of American Harper’s Bazaar and later of American Vogue – people either loved her or hated her. The same goes for the documentary, Diana Vreeland: The Eye […]
★★★☆☆ Maïwenn writes, stars and directs Polisse (2011), a provocative drama centred upon a Parisian Child Protection Unit, exploring the team members’ various lives and relationships inside and outside of work. Having spent time observing real CPU officers, Maïwenn’s script […]