MOVIE
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Orphan – first-look review | Little White Lies
In the closing credits of Orphan, cinematographer Mátyás Erdély receives billing before the screenwriters. While unconventional, this order aligns with the…
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Bugonia – first-look review | Little White Lies
Although Lanthimos has moved away from the stilted hyper-stylised hallmarks which announced him to the filmmaking world at large, his…
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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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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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Together review – Franco and Brie try conscious…
When David Cronenberg wrote The Brood in the late 1970s, the body horror maestro was going through an acrimonious divorce…
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Sorry, Baby review – a film about holding on to…
Something very bad happened to Agnes. It’s hinted at in the first segment of Sorry, Baby, when her best friend Lydie…
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Nobody 2 review – a quick cash grab
After the surprise success of 2021’s John Wick knock-off Nobody, it comes as no surprise that the Hollywood brain trust…
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My Grandmother Trelotótó review – a world of…
Hoping to resurrect her late grandmother, Júlia, Catarina Ruivo combines family archives with rich visuals in a non-fiction film which successfully…
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