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Little Amélie review – a dazzling little film
A spirited Belgian moppet, indomitable in her curiosity and boasting eyes as green as a rolling summer meadow, learns about life,…
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Joachim Trier and the science of self-doubt
Walt Whitman famously professed in his poem ‘Song to Myself’ to “contain multitudes”, and in doing so encapsulated the mysteries…
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How representation of sexual assault is changing…
Sorry, Baby joins the growing number of films that refuse to visualise the moment of sexual violence. Speaking to Little White Lies,…
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Whistle review – this sucks and blows
Watching a film about an Aztec death whistle is, I imagine, similar to the act of blowing an Aztec death whistle: what…
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Crime 101 review – strong cast, weak script
I should start by addressing the elephant in the room: Bart Layton is very clearly a fan of Michael Mann. Making…
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die review – tortured…
Few Hollywood directors deserve a second chance more than Gore Verbinski. A man who had as much creative success as he did…
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Slices of life in the Sundance shorts section
The saddest shorts are sometimes the most absorbing, and two of the best of the festival focused on the weight…
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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…
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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley review – a touching…
In the 29 years since his accidental death from drowning, the life of Jeff Buckley has been simplified into rock ‘n’…
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Wuthering Heights review – pretty vacant
The supporting cast fair no better. Edward Linton (Shazad Latif) is also retooled, now a nice but dull man who lives…
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