MOVIE
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The Carpenter’s Son review – FKA Twigs’ Mary is…
In the beginning there was nothing and then there was light. Or in the instance of The Carpenter’s Son, in the…
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Sisu: Road To Revenge review – a Suomi western
It is that Finnish word “that cannot be translated” again, and yet which is translated, also again, in opening text, as “a…
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Fiume o morte! review – a lively and creative…
The vainglory of peacocking despots is captured with sardonic wit and homespun creativity in this clever re-staging of a crackpot coup…
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Wicked: For Good review – Chu is as much a fraud…
The accusation of “all style, no substance” gets thrown around often, sometimes appropriately, but what about a film that has neither style…
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The Thing With Feathers review – simplistic…
Gluttons for emotional punishment would do well to seek out Dylan Southern’s The Thing with Feathers, an ickily-stylised screen adaptation of…
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Game review – a taut, lean and claustrophobic…
When we meet petty thief David (Marc Bessant), his decision to rob a catatonic drug dealer at a rave has landed him…
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Keeper review – dull horror that stifles all its…
When looking over the output of Osgood Perkins, it’s clear that this is a filmmaker of many ideas, possibly more than…
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Predators review – one of the most valuable…
Despite only running between 2004 and 2007, To Catch a Predator had an indelible impact on popular culture. Fronted by the…
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What Night of the Comet Taught Me About the End…
Preset no. two, my local student-run station, is not interested in boundaries, generationally or sonically. The college kids play an…
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Jay Kelly review – the Clooney of it all…
While Kelly reckons with his own personal failings – occasionally detailed in flashbacks filling out his path to stardom –…
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