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Hope – first-look review | Little White Lies

For all of the rip-roaring set pieces in Na Hong-jin’s creature feature Hope, there’s a scene at the halfway point that encapsulates everything that makes it so

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Colony – first-look review | Little White Lies

In the post-Romero era of zombie horror filmmaking, there are only a handful of titles that truly stand out, and one that deserves to be considered

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – first-look…

Early into Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Sundance-anointed filmmaker Kris (Hannah Einbinder) explains to erstwhile scream queen Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson)

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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 Kokuho, a character cuttingly offers an

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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 daughter in a long shot outside

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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 many erotic films, the threat

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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 static. Zeshaan Younus’ I’ve Seen All

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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 sitting next to a person on

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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 Club, we revisit Brady Corbet’s

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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 be thinking back to the