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LFF Review: The Whistlers

The Romanian new wave is arguably the most interesting current movement in modern cinema. Of those directors working under this banner, Corneliu Porumboiu is possibly the most interesting. With award-winning…

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Film Review: The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg is undoubtedly one of the most unusual and singular voices working in British cinema today. Her work resides in the world she knows. A world of privilege, art…

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Film Review: Foxtrot

Since the Partition of Palestine in 1947 in order to create a Jewish State, tensions have been high within the region. Whilst most film-makers focus on the conflict or the…

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Film Review: The Workshop

Anyone reaching adulthood in 2018 finds themselves in a strange and scary place. The world has been raped and pillaged by previous generations. Environment collapse, rampant capitalism, severe inequalities, racial…

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Film Review: The Seagull

Russia has a rich and diverse history when it comes to literature and the arts. One of the greatest playwrights to hail from the ‘motherland’ is Anton Chekhov. His greatest…

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Film Review: The Guardians

Whilst terrible acts are perpetrated in the name of war, there are often equally heinous events which take place in its shadow. France is a country which is no stranger…

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Film Review – Leaning Into The Wind: Andy Goldsworthy

If you ever happen across a man laid in the middle of the pavement or cavorting up a tree, there’s a fair chance that it’s Andy Goldsworthy. The British artist…

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Film Review: Vagabond

Celebrating her 90th birthday this year, Agnes Varda remains one of the treasures of French cinema. Beginning with her first feature, La Pointe Courte, in 1954, she has spent decades…

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Film Review: L’Amant Double

There was a time when erotic thrillers were big business in Hollywood. For almost two decades, during the 1980s and 1990s, there was a raft of these types of films.…

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Blu-Ray Review: A Fantastic Woman

Whilst societies progress at different rates, in Britain at least we’ve come a long way over the last few decades when it comes to lesbian and gay rights. The current…

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