Category: Reviews
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The Fundamentals of Caring – Review (Edinburgh Film Festival)
The Fundamentals of Caring is a title that is perfectly at home on the small screen. Read More >
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The Girl King – Review
Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King is a film devoid of true focus. Read More >
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople – Review (Edinburgh Film Festival)
This feels real even though it is a fantasy of sorts and you care for each and every one of the characters. Read More >
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The Measure of a Man – Review
Imagine this: you’re the security guard at a supermarket, tasked to unblinkingly stare at a CCTV monitor. You watch for what feels like hours, waiting for something to happen, as every instant that threatens to tip the tedium into mild interest revealing itself to be no more than a red herring. In Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure… Read More >
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The Keeping Room – Review
It’s refreshing to watch a film set against the backdrop of war, and yet peer in through the perspective of female protagonists… Read More >
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Game of Thrones Season 6: “No One” Review
SPOILER WARNING: If you have not watched Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 8: “No One,” do not read on. “No One” begins with Sandor Clegane prowling through the trees, wielding an axe. He tracks down a group from the Brotherhood Without Banners and murders them violently. One quick swing results in a decapitation, another… Read More >
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Embrace of the Serpent – Review
Guerra manages to create a trancelike, enchanting cinematic endeavour, and yet never compromises on the colonialist themes that ground the picture, which add a dark, bitter edge that compliments the more bewitching elements. Read More >
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When Marnie Was There – Review
The combination of grave realism and sheer enchantment is one that has illuminated the screen, and become somewhat synonymous with Ghibli productions. Read More >
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Goat – Review (Sundance Film Festival: London)
Goat is a troubling and well-made drama with top-notch performances all round. Read More >
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