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Where You’re Meant to Be (2016)

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On the surface, this is a charming and adept musical odyssey of Scottish folk music. Aidan Moffat, lead singer of band Arab Strap that gained some fame in the 90s, has developed an interest in traditional ballads. Continue reading →

August 22, 2017 Leave a comment

Loveless (Nelyubov) (2017)

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This slow and bleakly beautiful meditation on the decay and desolation of modern day Russia is framed around the story of one broken family. Continue reading →

August 22, 2017 1 Comment

Lucky (2017)

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This is essentially a one-hander for nonogenarian Harry Dean Stanton who beautifully captures the fragility and complexities of old age. Continue reading →

August 22, 2017 Leave a comment

BPM (120 Battements par Minute) (2017)

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AIDS and activism in the 80s and 90s are inextricably entwined. Grassroots organisations like ACT UP were at the forefront of multifaceted agitation, lobbying, education and shock tactics to reduce the spread of the virus and increase research into treatment. Continue reading →

August 21, 2017 2 Comments

In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts) (2017)

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This is how revenge movie should be made. Turkish director Fatih Akin takes a story that could have been plucked from today’s news and exposes the personal cost of racism. Continue reading →

August 21, 2017 1 Comment

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017)

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My first Indonesian, feminist, spaghetti western. Marlina (Marsha Timothy), a young widow living alone, defends herself with cool insouciance against a rapacious gang. Continue reading →

August 21, 2017 1 Comment

The Square (2017)

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An artful satire about collective responsibility and contemporary art, The Square is clever and sometimes challenging but overlong in delivering its message. Continue reading →

August 21, 2017 1 Comment

Afterimage (2017)

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I think we are supposed to feel sympathy for Polish artist Wladyslaw Strzeminski (Boguslaw Linda) whose avant-garde art saw him fall out of favour under socialism in the 40s. Continue reading →

August 20, 2017 Leave a comment

Tehran Taboo (2017)

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Tehran Taboo uses rotoscope animation to tell the story of four people unable to have choice in their lives due to the religious and social limitations of modern day Iran. Continue reading →

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Virtual Reality: Inside Manus (2017)

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Three men who have been held in detention on Manus Island tell their stories in an affecting graphic novel style of virtual reality. Continue reading →

August 19, 2017 Leave a comment

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