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Prisoners of the Ghostland – Review

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. Sion Sono’s Prisoners of the Ghostland stars Nicolas Cage as Hero, an infamous bank robber who is sprung...
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Futura – TIFF 2021 Review

"I think that the future is a series of tomorrows", "this creed is both religious and individualistic", "fear is not what it used to be. It has turned into anxiety". Believe it or not, these are not the words...
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Frankie – Review

This film was previously reviewed in May 2019 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. Any film not made for mass audiences is always at risk of sliding into a montage of first world problems, such is...
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Willy’s Wonderland – Review

What is most bizarre about Willy’s Wonderland, aside from its premise, is the fact that its star doesn’t utter a single word throughout. A wooden and burly Nicolas Cage plays The Janitor, merely called...
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Murder Me, Monster – Review

This film was previously reviewed in May 2018 as part of our Cannes Festival coverage. Argentinian writer-director Alejandro Fadel doesn’t pull any punches in his ghoulish and gory horror, Murder Me,...
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Possessor – Review

This film was previously reviewed in October 2020 as part of our London Film Festival coverage. In Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor, Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) is an assassin who enters her targets’...
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The Dead and the Others – Review

This film was previously reviewed in May 2018 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. The Dead and the Others is a complex creation from directors Joao Salaviza and Renee Nader Messora, which can’t...
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Joan of Arc – Review

This film was previously reviewed in May 2019 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. Try to work out what kind of filmmaker Bruno Dumont is and he’s bound to frustrate you. He first made his name...