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Directed by Charlotte Wells. Starring Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio. 2022. Charlotte Wells makes her directorial debut with a staggering achievement of a film, one that leaves the audience shaken by its quiet beauty and tragedy. It stars Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio as our leads, a father and daughter enjoying a holiday to Turkey …
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Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. 2022 There are very few films that can make an audience cry tears of laughter and sadness within minutes of each other, but Martin McDonagh manages it with apparent ease here. Banshees is his most mature and emotionally complex film yet. Some of the shots …
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Before the screening began, a letter from Edgar Wright was read aloud, asking audiences not to spoil the twists and turns of the final act of Last Night in Soho, and after seeing the film, I know exactly why he did this. In this review, there will be no spoilers or plot points ruined that …
An Amazon Studios Picture, Written by Malcolm Campbell, Clare Dunne, Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Young mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive husband and fights back against broken housing and justice systems. She sets out to build her own home so that she can have somewhere to raise her two children safely, and in the …
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An Apple TV Picture, Written by Will Collins, Directed by Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart. In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn (Honor Kneafsey), comes to Ireland with her father (Sean Bean) to wipe out the last pack. …
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A StudioCanal Picture, Written and Directed by Harry Macqueen. Supernova (2021) tells the story of Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci), partners for 20 years, as they travel across England to the Lake District, reuniting with friends and family. Tusker has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, so the pair plan to spend as …
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A BFI Picture, Written by Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Directed by Bassam Tariq. On the brink of his first international tour, Zed (Riz Ahmed), a British Pakistani rapper, decides to fly home to the UK to visit the family he has not seen in two years. In the midst of trying to reconnect with his …
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Written and Directed By Christian Petzold. ‘Undine (Paula Beer) works as a historian lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.’ This is the basic premise of Undine, the …
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A Nordisk Picture, Written by Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Another Round (2020) revolves around four high school teachers, all at different impasses in their lives, as they consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives. It is written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg …
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A Universal Picture, Written and Directed By Miranda July. Two con artists, Robert (Richard Jenkins) and Theresa (Debra Winger), have spent 26 years training their only daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger, Melanie (Gina Rodriguez) into …
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