MOVIE
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Our Land review – superb doc on the right to roam
It’s very rare that you catch a sighting of the c‑word in these august pages, but its usage is warranted in…
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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…
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History Chasing Its Tail: On Jocelyne Saab’s…
“The June 1967 defeat was tantamount to an alarm bell that aroused the dormant Arab consciousness from its long slumber;…
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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…
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Wild Foxes review – a confident riff on the…
Taking place in a specialist sports boarding school in France, Valery Carnoy’s Wild Foxes follows the lives of childhood best friends and aspirant…
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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…
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Hokum review – pure poppycock
A recent assumption about modern cinema – challenged by Caitlin Quinlan – is that if a film makes you cry, it must…
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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…
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Mother Mary review – beautiful and bewitching
Hauntings have been a presence throughout David Lowery’s artistic output – naturally in his 2017 breakout A Ghost Story, but even before…
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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…
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