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Has streaming killed Star Wars?
In a 2023 interview, Liam Neeson, who played Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jin in The Phantom Menace, chalked up his disillusionment with the…
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Romería review – beautifully captures the…
In her Golden Bear-winning Alcarrás, Carla Simón meets a family standing on the brink of a monumental life change, chronicling the minutia…
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Kokuho review – a kabuki star is born
Within a short time of being introduced to the budding kabuki performer at the centre of Lee Sang-il’s hit Japanese film…
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The magnificent range of Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Cynthia bawls, Hortense holds herself together, at first over the phone and then in person. The camera holds mother and…
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Our Land review – superb doc on the right to roam
It’s very rare that you catch a sighting of the c‑word in these august pages, but its usage is warranted in…
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The joy and struggle of the movie makeover
Unfortunately, the more impressionable the girl, the more the world infringes on her malleable sense of self. “You look a lot…
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The Piano Teacher and The Limits of Desire
Romy keeps fantasising about Samuel, and it’s implied that BDSM now plays some role in her marriage. But, as in…
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Wild Foxes review – a confident riff on the…
Taking place in a specialist sports boarding school in France, Valery Carnoy’s Wild Foxes follows the lives of childhood best friends and aspirant…
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I’ve Seen All I Need To See review – grief in a…
Memory flickers like an old television left on too late. Images blur, and voices get lost under the crackle of…
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History Chasing Its Tail: On Jocelyne Saab’s…
“The June 1967 defeat was tantamount to an alarm bell that aroused the dormant Arab consciousness from its long slumber;…
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