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The Man I Love – first-look review

The title of Ira Sachs’ tenth feature film comes from the Ella Fitzgerald ballad of the same name, which Jimmy

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Clarissa – first-look review | Little White Lies

Clarissa (Sophie Okonedo) seems on edge the morning of her party. She’s frustrated when her maid fetches the wrong plates

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All of a Sudden – first-look review

When we talk about ​“set pieces” in relationship to cinema, we often think of a jaw-dropping, computer-assisted visual sugar rush that

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Has streaming killed Star Wars?

In a 2023 interview, Liam Neeson, who played Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jin in The Phantom Menace, chalked up his disillusionment with the

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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

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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 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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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 Sheep Detectives review – cosy doesn’t cover…

Cosy crime gets a CGI spit-shine in Kyle Balda’s likable screen adaptation of Leonie Swann’s 2005 novel ​‘Three Bags Full’. First

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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