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Monday, 26 December 2022
2022 – it's been a brilliant year for cinema
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Okay, let’s be clear about this: I keep lists. I’m not ‘admitting’ it, mind, so don’t think that … because admission would imply some sort o...
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Bill Nighy in stunning form in Living
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Be aware: if you go to see Living , take tissues. You will need them. Make no mistake – while this film from director Oliver Hermanus is ...
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Taking a sledgehammer to the uber rich
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Triangle of Sadness many not exactly be up there with Brecht in terms of being a subtle approach to class, but Swedish film maker Ruben Öst...
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
The Banshees of Inisherin is a McDonagh masterpiece
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There’s something a tad Father Ted about The Banshees of Inisherin , the new film from Martin McDonagh, where the older of two long-ter...
Friday, 14 October 2022
Amsterdam – a movie for anti-fascists with humour
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Amsterdam has tanked at the box office thus far, but that’s a massive shame, because it’s actually a very good film – and a very timely on...
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Viloa Davis is momentous in The Woman King
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It’s 1823 in Dahomey (now Benin), Africa. Having just usurped his brother, King Ghezo is king. He is protected by the Agojie – a regiment ...
Monday, 3 October 2022
Mrs Harris charms Paris – and us
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In 1957 London, cleaning lady Ada Harris becomes obsessed by a client’s haute couture Dior dress and decides to start saving to visit Paris ...
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