Movies
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On Swift Horses review – no wheel reinvention to…
It is hard to watch On Swift Horses without cynically regarding it as Jacob Elordi’s inevitable gay-for-pay moment. For every up-and-coming…
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Caught Stealing review – Darren Aronofsky gets…
It feels too easy to say Darren Aronofsky is the one who gets caught stealing in his latest directorial outing,…
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The Roses review – Cumberbatch and Colman’s…
Marriage and death are inescapably linked. The only way matrimony technically succeeds is through the “till death do us part”…
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LWLies 109: A Tilda Swinton Reader – Out now!
Inside the issue… Chapter One: Romance First Love On Tilda Swinton’s introduction to the world, in Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio. Words by…
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Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk review – we must keep Fatma Hassona's memory alive
Sepideh Farsi’s video calls with the late Palestinian photographer Fatma Hassona vividly document daily life in Gaza under Israel’s unrelenting…
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The Life Of Chuck review – soliloquy soup
This year Mike Flanagan, known best for turning horror’s greatest novels into palatable limited television series for Netflix, is switching…
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The extreme vulnerability of Joaquin Phoenix
Looking at his last four projects, it seems that Phoenix perfected his precise working formula – hyper-ambitious, complex-to-realise films from…
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The Regulars review – sweet and relatable
Chances are if you’re a fan of the cinema you’ll have been to The Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.…
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In defence of the cinema date
When I tell my friend that I’m writing a piece on cinema dates, he gives me a sideways look. “They’re a good third date,”…
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Young Mothers review – jumps from dramatic peak…
The Dardenne brothers’ new film, Young Mothers, opens at a bus station, one of the unlovely and liminal spaces where their…
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