Incoming: A Little Chaos
A Little Chaos follows Sabine (Winslet), a strong-willed landscape designer who challenges sexual and class barriers when she is chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis…
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Film Review: Home From Home: Chronicle Of A Vision
When Edgar Reitz made the Heimat film series in 1984 he created an incredible chronicle of German rural life in the 20th century. He went on to release another couple…
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DVD Review: Fruit of Paradise
Communism has been inadvertently responsible for a raft of great films and brilliant directors. Despite heavy censorship under the Soviet regime, the Czech New Wave was responsible for some of…
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Incoming: Child 44
A politically-charged serial killer thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia, CHILD 44 chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov [Tom Hardy], who loses status, power and…
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Film Festival Preview: Derby Film Festival
2014 was the inaugural year of Derby Film Festival in its current guise. Successfully building on the impressive iD Fest and incorporating Fantastiq Film Festival into the programme, it was…
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Film Review: Cobain: Montage Of Heck
Nirvana were undoubtedly a huge band by any measure. However, the untimely death of Kurt Cobain propelled them into musical folklore. The cost of Nirvana CDs suddenly spiralled and a…
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DVD Review: What We Do In The Shadows
When done well, comedy and horror can be a fantastic combination. The Evil Dead sequels are probably the best example of this, with Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi creating one…
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Film Review: Force Majeure
Relationships are based on trust and understanding. There’s a tendency to bury issues and try to continue on with the relationship as if nothing is wrong. Often unsaid anxieties and…
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Incoming: Lost River
Lost River weaves elements of fantasy noir and suspense into a modern day fairytale. Set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city, Billy, a single mother of two, is…
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DVD Review: Han Gong-ju
South Korean cinema’s fortune seems to fluctuate like the wind. Around the middle of the last decade it was the Asian powerhouse with international hits such as The Host, A…
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