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Review in Brief: All of Us Strangers (2023)
Andrew Haigh’s ALL OF US STRANGERS opens with one of the most beautiful shots I have ever seen and doesn’t let up from there. Lonely writer Adam (Andrew Scott) living in a near-deserted tower block in London simultaneously begins a … Continue reading
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Tagged All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh, Andrew Scott, Drama, Fantasy, Paul Mescal, Romance
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Monster (2023) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Drama, Eita Nagayama, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster, Sakura Andô, Sōya Kurokawa, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: Oppenheimer (2023)
Of all Nolan’s films, OPPENHEIMER is the sexy one?! A 3 hour, talky, philosophical character drama isn’t most people’s idea of a must-see crowd-pleaser, but it’s making waves. The time taken and the deliberate pacing, paired with stylistic signifiers of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Drama, Historical Drama, Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr, Thriller
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Review in Brief: Return to Seoul (2022/23)
This year has seen two very different films exploring different sides of the South Korean adoption industry, first Kore-ada’s BROKER and now RETURN TO SEOUL. Davy Chou’s film throws up questions of mismatched culture and heritage as the Korean-born, French-raised … Continue reading
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Tagged Davy Chou, Drama, Guka Han, Oh Kwang-rok, Park Ji-min, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: One Fine Morning (2022/23)
Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest deals with hardships we will all face to one extent or another, and particularly the elderly care crisis in contemporary France with nuance, pragmatism and maturity. Paris native Sandra (Léa Seydoux) has a lot on her plate, … Continue reading
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Tagged Drama, Film, Léa Seydoux, Mia Hansen-Løve, One Fine Morning, Pascal Greggory, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: The Five Devils (2022/23)
THE FIVE DEVILS (I never did work out why it’s called that) is a captivating, beautiful and very weird sort-of time-travel story. The life of the Soler family is rocked when aunt Julia (Swala Emati) comes to stay and young … Continue reading
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Tagged Adèle Exarchopoulos, Drama, Fantasy, Léa Mysius, Moustapha Mbengue, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati, The Five Devils
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‘The Truman Show’ at 25 – Review
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Tagged Comedy, Drama, Ed Harris, Jim Carrey, Peter Weir, Sci-fi, The Truman Show
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Review in Brief: Women Talking (2022)
It’s a clear sign of writer-director Sarah Polley’s skill and awareness that her beautiful, hard-hitting and verbose piece about processing sexual assault isn’t wall-to-wall misery. Yes, the debate this community of Mennonite women are having is important and will change … Continue reading
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Tagged Drama, Hildur Guonadóttir, Jessie Buckley, Luc Montpellier, Rooney Mara, Sarah Polley, Women Talking
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Review in Brief: Tár (2022)
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but TÁR is a bit good. An often uncomfortably close character study of a complicated genius, we follow conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) hailed as the greatest of her generation as she goes through … Continue reading
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Tagged Cate Blanchett, Drama, Noémie Merlant, Oscars, Psychological Horror, Tár, Todd Field
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