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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…

10 hours ago

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…

3 days ago

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…

6 days ago

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…

1 week ago

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…

2 weeks ago

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…

2 weeks ago

Michael review – legacy management 101

Forget all the bad stuff you ever knew about Michael Jackson. Wipe it from your mind. If you happen to…

3 weeks ago

Departures review – the turbulent journey of…

Like boarding a flight for somewhere promising, only to be met with an emergency landing, Departures never quite reaches the emotional depth…

3 weeks ago

Diamanti review – a joyful meta-melodrama…

“Do you have any idea of what you will do with this vaginodrome?” A film director is surrounded by at least…

3 weeks ago

The Wizard of the Kremlin review – ludicrous and…

If an almost-three-hour is-it-spoof-is-it-not directed by a French auteur starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin sounds a bit odd, just wait until…

4 weeks ago