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12/10/2019
#LFF 2019: Deerskin review
★★★★☆ Absurdity and surrealism played with a straight face is Quentin Dupieux’s stock in trade. His latest gonzo reverie Deerskin findsContinue Reading
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10/10/2019
#LFF 2019: The El Duce Tapes review
★★★★☆ The El Duce Tapes is one of the best music docs to come along in a while. Funny, honest,Continue Reading
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09/10/2019
#LFF 2019: Rose Plays Julie review
★★★★★ In Rose Plays Julie, the latest from dynamic duo Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, a child of adoption studyingContinue Reading
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07/10/2019
#LFF 2019: Waiting for the Barbarians review
★★★★☆ In J.M. Coetzee’s acclaimed 1980 novel, waiting for the invading barbarians to show up is akin to waiting forContinue Reading
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04/10/2019
#LFF 2019: Leap of Faith review
★★★★☆ Alexandre O. Philippe continues his run of feature-length documentaries concentrated on classic genre movies, with a look at WilliamContinue Reading
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12/07/2019
Film Review: Jaws
★★★★★ Jaws didn’t just reel in millions at the global box office, it heralded the summer blockbuster era and turnedContinue Reading
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25/05/2019
Film Review: Zombi Child
★★★☆☆ Bertrand Bonello’s arthouse horror oddity Zombi Child works best as a film about colonial trauma and the tragic historyContinue Reading
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23/05/2019
Cannes 2019: Oh Mercy! review
★★☆☆☆ It’s time Cannes called a moratorium on screening the films of French director Arnaud Desplechin until he can comeContinue Reading
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21/05/2019
Cannes 2019: Young Ahmed review
★★★★☆ Going in cold, the Dardenne brothers appearing to tackle the subject of radical Islam and a vulnerable boy fallingContinue Reading
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20/05/2019
Cannes 2019: A Hidden Life review
★★★★★ Authentic being, leaps of faith and mortality haunt every frame of Terrence Malick’s latest opus, A Hidden Life (akaContinue Reading
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19/05/2019
Cannes 2019: The Wild Goose Lake review
★★★★☆ Chinese director Diao Yinan’s first film in five years, The Wild Goose Lake is a gangster flick mainlining onContinue Reading
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19/05/2019
Film Review: Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
★★★☆☆ Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound serves as a history lesson and welcome tribute to a crucial elementContinue Reading
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19/05/2019
Cannes 2019: The Cordillera of Dreams review
★★★★☆ Chilean documentarian Patricio Guzmán’s The Cordillera of Dreams caps off an astonishing set of history-focused essay films, beginning withContinue Reading
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17/05/2019
Film Review: Atlantics
★★★★☆ Expanding on her own 2009 short film, actor turned director Mati Diop returns to the timely subject of economicContinue Reading
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16/05/2019
Cannes 2019: Bacurau review
★★★☆☆ A joint effort between Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles, Bacurau is an acid western depicting a ragtag groupContinue Reading