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The Wonder – Review

"We are nothing without stories, so we invite you to believe in this one.” These are the words that introduce The Wonder. Adapted from the novel by Emma Donoghue, the film begins not in the Irish Midlands in...
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True Things – Review

This film was previously reviewed in March 2022 as part of our Glasgow Film Festival coverage. Harry Wootliff’s sophomore feature is poised between erotic psychodrama and thoroughly British kitchen sink...
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The Souvenir Part II – Review

This film was previously reviewed in October 2021 as part of our LFF coverage. There was some mild trepidation venturing into Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II with knowledge of the absence of Anthony,...
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The Souvenir – Review

This review was originally published as part of our Berlinale festival coverage on 25/02/2019. Based on the filmmaker’s experiences when she attended film school in the '80s, The Souvenir is fascinated with...
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The Invisible Woman – Review

If you expect The Invisible Woman to enlighten you about its eponymous heroine, you might be disappointed. Despite a fine performance by Felicity Jones as Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, the woman who spent thirteen...