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How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)

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An interestingly non-judgemental and dramatically gripping look at climate action sabotage.

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September 25, 2023 Leave a comment

Showing Up (2022)

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I find Kelly Reichardt’s films serenely meditative, particularly when the narrative drive is a gentle one, like with Old Joy (2006) and Wendy and Lucy (2008).

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September 24, 2023 1 Comment

I Used to be Funny (2023)

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This Canadian feature by Ally Pankiw is funny, moving, and a great vehicle for Rachel Sennott’s particular style of flinty, self deprecating comedy.

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September 23, 2023 Leave a comment

Bad Behaviour (2023)

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I was intrigued to see Alice Englert’s first feature, particularly as it’s stars Jennifer Connelly and Ben Whishaw and, hopefully, the New Zealand people and landscape.

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September 22, 2023 Leave a comment

Inshallah a Boy (ان شاء الله ولد)(2023)

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Amjad Al Rasheed gives a Farhadi-like look at the life of a Jordanian widow.

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September 21, 2023 Leave a comment

Drift (2023)

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Anthony Chen give us a compelling portrait of loss in his first English language feature.

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September 20, 2023 Leave a comment

Cobweb (거미집) (2023)

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This funny, chaotic, madcap film tumbles you through an ever shifting farce.

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September 19, 2023 Leave a comment

Blood (O Sangue) (1989)

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How do you rate a film when you don’t understand it?

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September 18, 2023 Leave a comment

You’ll Never Find Me (2023)

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Sometimes you want a horror experience that’s visceral and uncomplicated and the debut feature by South Australian directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen gives that in spades.

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September 17, 2023 Leave a comment

La Chimera (2023)

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Alice Rohrwacher’s winsome fable needs the viewer to go along for the ride.

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September 16, 2023 1 Comment

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