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The Devil Wears Prada 2 review – a stylish,…
In the intervening 20 years between The Devil Wears Prada and its sequel, the fashion and publishing industries have revolutionised. The former…
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Hey Nostradamus: Conner O’Malley’s American Dream
O’Malley’s videos feature the wild plot twists and whiplash juxtapositions of a short-attention-span culture; watching them can be as abrasive as…
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Hokum review – pure poppycock
A recent assumption about modern cinema – challenged by Caitlin Quinlan – is that if a film makes you cry, it must…
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The Sheep Detectives review – cosy doesn’t cover…
Cosy crime gets a CGI spit-shine in Kyle Balda’s likable screen adaptation of Leonie Swann’s 2005 novel ‘Three Bags Full’. First…
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Rose of Nevada | Mother Mary | Vox Lux (2018)
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Mark Jenkin’s Rose Of Nevada and David Lowery’s Mother Mary. For Film…
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Mother Mary review – beautiful and bewitching
Hauntings have been a presence throughout David Lowery’s artistic output – naturally in his 2017 breakout A Ghost Story, but even before…
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Exit 8 review – one of the better translations of…
Although the settings and specific genre trappings vary, time-loop films are generally united by the theme of bettering oneself in…
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Leonora in the Morning Light review – too many…
In 2024, Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington’s Les Distractions de Dagobert sold at Sotheby’s for £22.5 million, making her the highest-selling British…
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Mark Jenkin: ‘I like looking backwards in order…
The devil is in the details for Mark Jenkin. His DIY approach to cinema is consistent across many short films,…
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Preliminary Visions of a Girl-Online
While there is a significant reliance on found footage, the filmmakers use scrappy technology like iPhones, Nintendo DSes, webcams and screen…
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