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This implausible, broadly-comedic romcom surprised me with its deft balance of humour and heart. Continue reading
Long Shot (2019)
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Based on the four days of terrorist attacks on Mumbai ten years ago, this Australian / Indian dramatisation keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout. Continue reading
The Guilty (Den Skyldige) (2018)
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Although set in a single room, Gustav Möller’s first feature cranks up the tension with a layered and intense story. Continue reading
Gloria Bell (2018)
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I left this movie with my heart full. Sebastián Leilo’s (A Fantastic Women, Disobedience) English adaptation of his 2013 film Gloria feels like a real evocation of what it’s like to be a woman in her middle years. Continue reading
Girl (2018)
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For anyone feeling that “this gender thing has gone too far”, this low-key, intense Belgian drama about a 15 year old girl, born with the body of a boy and trying to be herself, may go some way to help you understand. Continue reading
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
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Jacques Audriard (Personal Shopper) has created a serviceable yet unremarkable Western that seems to delight in perpetuating well-worn tropes. Continue reading
Border (Gräns) (2018)
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This is undoubtably an unusual movie. Like a genre mash up of a Scandi crime drama and a dark and dirty fairytale, Border keeps you decidedly uncomfortable from start to end. Continue reading
Sometimes Always Never (2018)
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Bill Nighy. Scrabble. Frank Cottrell Boyce. A winning combination as far as I’m concerned and Sometimes Always Never has the stylistically quirkiness of a Wes Anderson film but with depth and a gentle warmth. Continue reading
The Disaster Artist (2017)
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This dramatisation by James Franco about the making of the cult classic The Room (2003) should only be watched after attending a midnight screening of the film it explores (the only way to watch it, in my opinion) or perhaps not at all. Continue reading
Capharnaüm (2018)
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This memorable feature from Nadine Labaki seems to provoke love or hate. Cast with predominantly non-actors, it is for the most part an extraordinary film that shows the awful reality of the life of Syrian children well below the poverty line in Lebanon. Continue reading
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