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07/10/2015
Film Review: ‘Leading Lady’
★☆☆☆☆ The play within a film that South African director Henk Pretorius builds Leading Lady (2014) towards shows the minutestContinue Reading
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30/09/2015
Film Review: ‘Letters to Max’
★★★☆☆ How to solve a problem like Abkhazia? Or rather, how to send a letter from Paris to a countryContinue Reading
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30/09/2015
Film Review: ‘Fidelio: Alice’s Journey’
★★★☆☆ The ironic naming of the cargo ship that director Lucie Borleteau uses in Fidelio: Alice’s Journey (2014) comes intoContinue Reading
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29/09/2015
DVD Review: ‘Spooks’
★★☆☆☆ In a grey, rainy London, hued blue to add further sombre foreboding, the indomitable Harry Pearce (Peter Firth) findsContinue Reading
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23/09/2015
Film Review: ‘Lessons in Love’
★☆☆☆☆ The warning signs are there even before the opening credits roll. Lessons in Love (2014) – the UK titleContinue Reading
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20/09/2015
Toronto 2015: ‘Mississippi Grind’ review
★★☆☆☆ The saying goes that when in a hole you should stop digging. Meandering road movie Mississippi Grind (2015), co-directedContinue Reading
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20/09/2015
Toronto 2015: ‘Last Cab to Darwin’ review
★★★★☆ If there’s one thing that Australia has in spades it’s miles and miles of open road. Be it tarmackedContinue Reading
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20/09/2015
Toronto 2015: ‘The Family Fang’ review
★☆☆☆☆ The Family Fang (2015) is Jason Bateman’s second directorial undertaking. Known predominantly for his work in Arrested Development, featureContinue Reading
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18/09/2015
Toronto 2015: ‘Office’ review
★★★☆☆ Adapted for the big screen by writer-actor Sylvia Chang from her own play Design For Living, attempting to pigeonholeContinue Reading
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17/09/2015
Toronto 2015: ‘The People vs. Fritz Bauer’ review
★★★☆☆ Given the subject and its original title, Lars Kraume’s The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015) pits the irascible andContinue Reading
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14/09/2015
Toronto 2015: ‘French Blood’ review
★★★★☆ As the name would suggest, Toronto’s Platform strand offers up-and-coming filmmakers a springboard from which to showcase their workContinue Reading
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13/09/2015
Toronto 2015: ‘Demolition’ review
★★★★☆ Actor Jake Gyllenhaal has recently proved himself more than capable of carrying a film on his alternately emaciated (Nightcrawler)Continue Reading
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12/09/2015
Toronto 2015: ‘The Kind Words’ review
★★☆☆☆ During the Q & A session which followed the international première of Shemi Zarhin’s The Kind Words (2015) onContinue Reading