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22/01/2019
Criterion Review: Panique
★★★★★ In post-war Paris, an elderly woman is murdered apparently without motive. As the locals puzzle over the identity ofContinue Reading
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22/01/2019
DVD Review: Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte
★★★★☆ Two years after the release of his classic, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, director Robert Aldritch revisits psychosis with Hush…Hush, SweetContinue Reading
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22/01/2019
DVD Review: Under the Tree
★★★☆☆ Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson’s Under the Tree makes its UK debut on DVD. A social satire with a shade of black humourContinue Reading
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18/01/2019
Film Review: Glass
★★☆☆☆ Tying the worlds of Unbreakable and Split together, M. Night Shyamalan brings us a film that serves as direct sequel to bothContinue Reading
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14/01/2019
DVD Review: Laura
★★★★★ Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney), who was found in herContinue Reading
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12/01/2019
Our 25 most anticipated films of 2019
By anyone’s standards, 2018 was a terrific year for cinema. Our top picks of the year reflect some of the qualityContinue Reading
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07/01/2019
Criterion Review: Sawdust and Tinsel
★★★★☆ 1953’s Sawdust and Tinsel was a financial and critical failure, yet is now considered one of Ingmar Bergman’s early masterpieces. It’sContinue Reading
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04/01/2019
Film Review: One Cut of the Dead
★★★★★ After wowing Japanese audiences with a small theatrical run and a screening at the Udine Film Festival in 2017,Continue Reading
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01/01/2019
Film Review: The Favourite
★★★★★ Animals, both literally and figuratively, play a crucial part in Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ films: three of his lastContinue Reading
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11/12/2018
Film Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
★★★★☆ No costumed crime fighter has been rebooted and re-imagined more times than Spider-Man, so we might be forgiven for sighingContinue Reading
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07/12/2018
Film Review: The Old Man & the Gun
★★★★☆ Director David Lowery’s latest is based on the real-life shenanigans of Forrest Tucker, played here by Hollywood great RobertContinue Reading
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01/12/2018
Film Review: Creed II
★★★☆☆ After winning the World Heavyweight Championship under the fatherly tutelage of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), Adonis ‘Donny’ Creed (MichaelContinue Reading
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01/12/2018
Film Review: Disobedience
★★★☆☆ Hot from the success of A Fantastic Woman, Chilean director Sebastián Lelio returns with the sexually charged, emotionally restrained Disobedience. Rachels WeiszContinue Reading
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27/11/2018
Criterion Review: A Raisin in the Sun
★★★★★ Based on Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play of the same name, David Petrie’s A Raisin in the Sun is at once aContinue Reading
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23/11/2018
Film Review: Assassination Nation
★★★★★ Set in modern-day Salem, the events of Assassination Nation bear more than a passing resemblance to the town’s infamous hystericalContinue Reading