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The Testament of Ann Lee review – expands the…

The story is delivered through the awed narration of Sister Mary Partington (Thomasin McKenzie), which allows us to enjoy the occasional juicy episode that was

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The Moment review – it’s not that easy being green

On June 7 2024 Charli XCX unleashed a monster. Green, mean and only 41:23 minutes long, ​‘brat’ wasn’t just an album – it was an entire summer. And

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RIP Frederick Wiseman – In remembrance of the…

I discovered the work of the American documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman through sheer pot lock. I used to work for the film section of Time Out

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Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up review –…

The Looney Tunes have admittedly fallen on hard times in recent years. As far as animation was concerned, David Zaslav’s feckless régime at Warner Brothers

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The President’s Cake review – polished but…

Few birthday celebrations can ever match the surreal spectacle that the Iraqi state would enforce each year that Saddam Hussein would complete a lap around the

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Death with Dignity: the documentaries…

“Now that sex is available to us in hardcore porno films, death remains the one last taboo in cinema,” wrote the film critic Amos Vogel in

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How gaming YouTuber Markiplier became an…

Markiplier is far from the only YouTuber to see success lately in theatrical cinema – Talk to Me filmmakers the Philippou Brothers and Skinamarink visionary Kyle Edward Ball spring

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The Chronology of Water review – Imogen Poots…

The transformative power of water lies at the heart of American writer Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir, informed by her adolescent dreams of swimming being her escape

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Mika Imai: ‘There is such an affinity between…

Every year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the programming team makes an effort to champion emerging talent that challenges preconceived notions of what Japanese

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Nouvelle Vague review – there are other, better…

It is ironic that Richard Linklater has chosen to homage a film carved out of spontaneous new techniques with one so mired in contrivances that it