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Film Reviews
Parasite
It is rare for a movie to effectively combine cinematic fireworks and social commentary. It is even rarer to do … [ Read More ]
Film review: Talking About Trees.
Don’t be fooled by the title as Suhaib Gasmelbari’s debut feature Talking About Trees (ICA) has nothing to do with … [ Read More ]
Review: 1917
It’s quite a while since I have seen a film with such a devastating impact as Sam Mendes’s superb, adrenaline-rush … [ Read More ]
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
A sensuous, dream-like study of lazy memory, lost time and flight is provided by Bi Gan in his hypnotic and … [ Read More ]
Atlantics
Social commentary is combined with a sense of the supernatural in Mati Diop’s acclaimed debut feature Atlantics (ICA) which is … [ Read More ]
La Belle Epoque
Love, memory and nostalgia come to the fore in Nicolas Bedos’s second feature La Belle Epoque (now on release), a … [ Read More ]
Marriage Story
A devastating portrait of marital breakdown is provided by Noah (The Squid and the Whale) Baumbach in his most personal … [ Read More ]
Beanpole
The psychological cost of total war is explored with great insight in Katemir Balagov’s award-winning second feature Beanpole (ICA cinema), … [ Read More ]
Pain and Glory
An ageing, afflicted and lone filmmaker, his eyes closed and back marked by a scar from a spine operation, dives … [ Read More ]
Bridesmaids Review:
If you walk into the cinema expecting Bridesmaids to be an unfunny, try-hard, chick flick equivalent of The Hangover, I’m … [ Read More ]
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