There is no schadenfreude like watching the uber wealthy cause trouble for each other.
Continue readingThe Oligarch and the Art Dealer (2026)
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I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
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What a great film! I was sure I had seen it before but I absolutely hadn’t. And what I didn’t realise was that the person who shot Andy Warhol was Valerie Solanas! I feel like a bad feminist for not putting two and two together.
Continue readingThe Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
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This is not The Man with the Golden Gun. I think in the back of my brain I thought that’s what I was booking, a James Bond film.
Continue readingMaterialists (2025)
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How many people will go along to this new film by Céline Song (Past Lives) after seeing the winsome social media promos by stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans and expect a standard romcom?
Continue readingOne Battle After Another (2025)
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Eddington (2025)
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This feels like Ari Aster trying to do a Coen brothers film. And not really succeeding.
Continue readingThe Librarians (2025)
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I found this documentary deeply upsetting. I never thought there would be a situation where librarians would be the frontline warriors for human rights.
Continue readingOmaha (2025)
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I’m still feeling emotionally wrung out after this quietly intense drama, directed by Cole Webley but with the understated feels of writer Robert Machoian’s (The Killing of Two Lovers) all over it.
Continue readingIt Ends (2025)
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The Baltimorons (2025)
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I was quite keen to see this one when the MIFF program first came out. I’m a big fan of Mark Duplass, even his films that aren’t complete successes usually have some quirky warm heart to them that keeps me coming back for more.
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