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Materialists review – earnest but underbaked…
When Elizabeth Bennet first gets a glimpse of Pemberley, Mr Darcy’s enormous estate, she experiences a fleeting pang of “something like regret”…
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Unmoored review – jars its own style
A huge sigh releases from deep within Maria (Mirja Turestedt) as she is greeted by a mob of photographers and journalists…
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The queer optimism of My Beautiful Laundrette
My partner and I headed from the suburbs into the city to attend a 40th anniversary screening of My Beautiful Laundrette, a film neither…
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Weapons review – fun but familiar horror hijinks
If you’ve been to the cinema in the past few months, specifically to watch a horror film, you might have seen…
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Bring Her Back review – Sally Hawkins is…
Grief manifests in many ways, which is something Australian twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou have explored in their horror…
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Freakier Friday review – nothing quite compares…
For many millennials and Gen Z cinephiles, Mark Waters’ Freaky Friday is a cornerstone of early 2000s cinema. The third adaptation of Mary…
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Savages review – direct action education, for…
As chainsaws annihilate trees and animal chatter in the opening of Savages, Claude Barras makes clear the target of his new…
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Inside the inaugural edition of the Collective Film Festival London
A dispatch from a passionate grassroots project over in Finsbury Park. ‘Diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ have become corporate buzzwords, vibe-free boxes…
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The Naked Gun review – not just more rebooted IP…
A good comedy must be funny; this shouldn’t be a debatable statement, and yet it would seem that as of late,…
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Bring Her Back + Directors Danny and Michael Phillipou | The Naked Gun | Naked Gun (1988)
On the show this week we discuss Bring Her Back and speak to its delightful directors Danny and Michael Phillipou.…
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