MOVIE
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Diamanti review – a joyful meta-melodrama…
“Do you have any idea of what you will do with this vaginodrome?” A film director is surrounded by at least…
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The Wizard of the Kremlin review – ludicrous and…
If an almost-three-hour is-it-spoof-is-it-not directed by a French auteur starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin sounds a bit odd, just wait until…
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The Stranger review – filmed like a laconic,…
A confession: I am really not a fan of the French filmmaker Franoçois Ozon. He seems like a lovely chap. Literate, passionate, with…
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Father Mother Sister Brother review – an astute,…
Clothing is central here – the fashion house Saint Laurent produces. At the front door, the three discover that they’re…
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – even worse…
Regrouting blackened bathroom tiles; filling out a commercial tax return; cleaning the mouldering leaves out of a clogged storm drain; grudgingly buying…
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Fuze review – popcorn fair that fizzles out…
For those not intimately familiar with the topographical and historical minutiae of the UK, the relatively blasé way in which…
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Pompei: Below the Clouds review – a stimulating…
The inner lives of buildings and institutions provide an intriguing and enlivening way of looking at the modern landscape, particularly…
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They Will Kill You review – limb-lopping cartoon…
They Will Kill You opens with a happy family gathered around a dining table. Two young sisters stand out in the dark…
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Fallen Star: In Praise of The Man Who Fell To…
From there, he goes into seclusion in the dry Southwestern landscapes that likely remind him most of home, inadvertently retreating…
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review – here comes…
When you have a hit film these days, inevitably the question always arises about a sequel. There’s very little studios love more…
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