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Bones and All – Review

This film was previously reviewed in September 2022 as part of our Venice Film Festival coverage. With Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino combines the romantic coming-of-age story of Call Me By Your Name with...
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The French Dispatch – Review

This film was previously reviewed in July 2021 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. One of Cannes Film Festival’s most anticipated films, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, is a love letter to...
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Dune – Review

This film was previously reviewed in September 2021 as part of our Venice Film Festival coverage. Much has been made of Denis Villeneuve’s crusade for the physical institution of cinema but one thing is...
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Little Women – Review

Walking out of Little Women, it's hard to think that a more perfect adaptation of an already perfect novel exists. Sense and Sensibility (1995) and The Age of Innocence (1993) perhaps come close, but neither...
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The King – Venice 2019 Review

Defeat the French at Agincourt? In that body? From his opening scenes as a spoilt emo princeling, whoring his way around Eastcheap, it’s hard to buy the French-American Timothée Chalamet as the legendary...
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Beautiful Boy – Review

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 13/10/2018. Journalist David Sheff and his son Nic exist on opposite ends of a spectrum; at once, they balance out a...
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Beautiful Boy – LFF 2018 review

Journalist David Sheff and his son Nic exist on opposite ends of a spectrum; at once, they balance out a complete picture while repelling and aggravating each other in equal measure. Belgian director Felix...
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Lady Bird – Review

This film was previously reviewed on 15/10/17 as part of London Film Festival. Though Greta Gerwig has had plentiful scripting experience to complement her always exciting acting career, Lady Bird marks...
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Hostiles – Review

There are a lot of reasons to be disappointed by Scott Cooper’s Hostiles. Firstly, it’s simply a mediocre film, stuffed with filler dialogue and a surfeit of slow-motion closeups substituting for any real...
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Lady Bird – LFF 2017 Review

Though Greta Gerwig has had plentiful scripting experience to complement her always exciting acting career, Lady Bird marks her debut in the world of directing (and writing alone). We’re very pleased to...