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20/09/2019
Film Review: The Farewell
★★★★☆ “Based on an actual lie” is the text that sets audiences up rather nicely for the lilting tone ofContinue Reading
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18/09/2019
Film Review: Ad Astra
★★★★★ From the thin blue line that divides the brothers of We Own the Night to the disrupted family units of LittleContinue Reading
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12/09/2019
Film Review: For Sama
★★★★★ Waad al-Kateab was a student at the University of Aleppo as the first anti-Assad demonstrations broke out in herContinue Reading
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31/08/2019
DVD Round-up: August 2019 edition
August’s releases run the gamut from horror, urban thrillers, social justice and tender drama. While themes of modernity, paranoia andContinue Reading
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29/08/2019
Film Review: The Souvenir
★★★★★ Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical feature The Souvenir introduces Honor Swinton Byrne in a tour de force performance. It’s a stunning evocationContinue Reading
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29/08/2019
Film Review: Bait
★★★★★ Contemporary British cinema has continued to surprise and amaze in recent years with the vast array of stunning directorialContinue Reading
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27/08/2019
Film Review: Memory: The Origins of Alien
★★★☆☆ Marking its 40-year anniversary, Alexandre O. Phillipe’s new documentary explores the cultural and mythic origins of the film onceContinue Reading
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23/08/2019
Film Review: Hail Satan?
★★★★☆ Act with compassion; protect personal freedom; respect bodily autonomy; maintain beliefs consistent with science: accept human fallibility; privilege wisdomContinue Reading
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21/08/2019
Film Review: Pain and Glory
★★★★★ When director Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) tells his estranged actor and friend Alberto (Asier Etxeandier), “It’s taken me thirty-twoContinue Reading
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09/08/2019
Film Review: Notorious
★★★★★ Notorious is a masterclass of suspense, romance and technical craft. Featuring two of the most classic screen presences inContinue Reading
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04/08/2019
Film Review: Holiday
★★★☆☆ Summer and holidays on-screen conjure up iconic images of characters bathed in a splendour of heat; Ray Winstone inContinue Reading
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03/08/2019
Film Review: Une Femme Douce
★★★★★ Touring as part of the Cinema Rediscovered festival, Robert Bresson’s 1969 classic finds its way back on to UKContinue Reading
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02/08/2019
Film Review: Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
★★★☆☆ Supporting characters from previous Fast & Furious instalments, former DSS Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and rogue spy Shaw (Jason Statham) areContinue Reading
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29/07/2019
DVD Round-up: June and July 2019 edition
Across June and July, there has been an enormous volume of home releases, all worthy of mention. Due to theContinue Reading
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24/07/2019
Film Review: Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
★★★★☆ Prolific documentary maker Nick Broomfield returns with another musical project, this time choosing a more personal topic: the relationshipContinue Reading