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The Smashing Machine review – a moving portrait…

Of course there have been inevitable (and not entirely unfair) jokes about The Rock running for an Oscar since The Smashing Machine was announced, but

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Ellis Park review – prioritises heart over clarity

Therapy, as we know, can take a number of different forms. For Australian multi-instrumentalists and Nick Cave cohort, Warren Ellis, this process of self-enrichment encompasses a wildlife

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Hen – first-look review | Little White Lies

The first image of György Pálfi’s Hen – an extended close-up on a chicken’s cloaca as she lays an egg – might take the prize for the most

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Ghost Trail review – subtle to a fault

Jonathan Millet’s Ghost Trail played at the Cannes Film Festival a full year before Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident, which is worth

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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey review – Kogonada…

Early into the namesake for A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, David (Colin Farrell) and Sarah (Margot Robbie) venture back in time to his high school, on the

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Steve review – OTT in all respects

When an actor wins a big award, or in the case of Cillian Murphy, the biggest award, the pressure mounts when it comes to answering that

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From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza review – a…

For anyone that has paid even a modicum of attention to the daily images coming out of Palestine, the scenes that make up From Ground Zero will

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review –…

It’s sad to have to admit but a certain two word review came to mind while watching Rob Reiner’s belated and wholly unnecessary return to the

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Sacrifice – first-look review | Little White Lies

At a Davos-like gathering inside a cavernous marble mine, global elites in dinner dress enjoy a tweezer-precise amuse-bouche and a performance of Cerrone’s all-time Italodisco banger ​“Supernature” by Charli

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Silent Friend – first-look review

It’s a truism to point out that trees, plants, rivers and all flora and fauna contain as much lifeforce as any human. Fortunately, Hungarian director, Ildikó