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One Battle After Another review – another…

Sometimes, it takes the creative impetus of a great filmmaker to finally pick up that chunky novel that’s been sitting gathering…

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Playground Love: How Air scored The Virgin…

Nevertheless, Coppola knew what she wanted and, pressed for time, Godin and Dunckle returned to the studio for a weekend. In…

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From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza review – a…

For anyone that has paid even a modicum of attention to the daily images coming out of Palestine, the scenes that…

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The Christophers – first-look review

The aging painter Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) of Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers is introduced recording cameos, donning a beret for the occasion…

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Below The Clouds – first-look review

If one goes into Below the Clouds looking for the dramatic eruptions of similarly themed films such as Fire of Love and Dante’s Peak,…

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Dead Man’s Wire – first-look review

Anti-heroes make for compelling subjects, particularly in a world as unjust as the one we live in, and 1970s American cinema…

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Ish – first-look review | Little White Lies

While planes roar overhead on their way to or from the nearby Luton Airport, Ish (Farhan Hasnat) and his best…

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Orphan – first-look review | Little White Lies

In the closing credits of Orphan, cinematographer Mátyás Erdély receives billing before the screenwriters. While unconventional, this order aligns with the…

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The Life Of Chuck review – soliloquy soup

This year Mike Flanagan, known best for turning horror’s greatest novels into palatable limited television series for Netflix, is switching…

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The extreme vulnerability of Joaquin Phoenix

Looking at his last four projects, it seems that Phoenix perfected his precise working formula – hyper-ambitious, complex-to-realise films from…

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