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Summerland – Review

Summerland, from writer-director Jessica Swale, is a period drama that focuses on Alice (Gemma Arterton), a reclusive writer living on her own who spends her days researching, endlessly working away at her...
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Alice – Review

The implications of sex have never been the same for men as they are for women, and this hypocrisy is shown on full display in Josephine Mackerras’s Alice, shining a much needed light on the harsh...
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Dating Amber – Review

Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew shine in David Freyne’s new LGBTQ+ coming-of-age film, Dating Amber. Taking place in Ireland in 1995, two closeted teens, Eddie (O’Shea) and Amber (Petticrew), are...
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The County – Review

Grímur Hákonarson’s The County (Héraðið) stars Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir as Inga, a woman who works with her husband, Friðgeir (Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson), on their dairy farm in Iceland. When a...
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The Wretched – Review

The Wretched is an indie horror from writer-directors Brett and Drew T. Pierce that dives into the supernatural events that take place during a summer. Set in a picturesque coastal town, rebellious teenager,...
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Sergio – Review

Greg Barker’s biographical drama Sergio is based on the true story of Brazilian United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello. The timeline in Sergio weaves together a dire story of Vieira de Mello...
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Inside the Rain – Review

Inside the Rain is from director, writer and star, Aaron Fisher, who plays Benjamin Glass in this loosely based autobiographical film about a college student who is diagnosed as bipolar, as well as ADHD, OCD...
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Streetlight Harmonies – Review

From the inner-city street corners to stages around the nation, Streetlight Harmonies from director Brent Wilson tells the history of doo-wop, a musical movement that began in the post-war era that is seen not...
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Crip Camp – Review

James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham’s documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution traces the origins of a transformative movement back to a camp for the disabled, just down the road from Woodstock, called...
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Swallow – Review

Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ film Swallow stars Haley Bennett as Hunter, a housewife distraught by her recent pregnancy who develops pica, an eating disorder that makes her crave objects that could potentially...
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Fantasy Island – Review

Fantasy Island centres around five people: Gwen, Melanie, Patrick, and brothers Brax and J.D., all of whom have won a contest to stay on Fantasy Island. They are enticed to stay by the man who runs the...