Category Archives: Review in Brief

Review in Brief: Atlantics (2019)

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Sam S-P

I didn’t know what to expect from ATLANTICS. You’re drawn in with a social realist take but what stays with you is the magical realism that comes into this Senegalese story’s second half. Construction worker Souleiman (Traore) protests against unpaid … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: For Sama (2019)

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Sam S-P

How to you begin to describe FOR SAMA? You don’t – you tell others to watch it. It’s not just a documentary, but a chronicle of a remarkable life in the most tragic of circumstances, an important socio-historical document and … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: The Two Popes (2019)

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Sam S-P

THE TWO POPES works for the same reason that THE CROWN on TV works – it treats icons as people, brings them down to the level of the rest of us normal folks. The transition from Pope Benedict to Francis … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: The Nightingale (2018/19)

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Sam S-P

THE NIGHTINGALE is a gruelling and relentlessly bleak watch, but it’s compelling stuff nonetheless. Jennifer Kent followed up her fascinatingly unique genre debut THE BABADOOK with a dark, raw and grounded historical epic. There’s a captivating core relationship dynamic: an … Continue reading →

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