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No Other Choice – first-look review
In Donald Westlake’s 1997 horror novel ‘The Ax’, a recently laid-off manager at a paper company decides to thin out the competition…
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Frankenstein – first-look review | Little White Lies
Guillermo del Toro first voiced his dream of making a “faithful Miltonian tragedy” version of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ back in…
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Rose of Nevada – first-look review
I came into this world eyes crossed, the small tip of my nose made bow. The moment my spine steadied…
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After the Hunt – first-look review
Desire is the lifeblood that runs through Luca Guadagnino’s filmography. Usually this takes the form of carnal or romantic need…
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Eddington | Sorry, Baby + Eva Victor | Blazing Saddles (1974)
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Ari Aster’s return with neo-western Eddington as well Eva Victor’s astonishing debut…
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Mother Vera review – complex and highly affecting
Inner turmoil and spiritual crisis, set against the austere black-and-white backdrop of the monastic environment, provides the context for Cécile…
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Together | Materialists | Blue Valentine (2010)
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss all things co-dependency cinema with Alison Brie horror flick Together, Celine Song’s…
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Ghost Elephants – first-look review
There are certain filmmakers where each utterance becomes a gravitational pull, and Werner Herzog – charming anticonformist, profound depictor of hubris,…
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The Toxic Avenger review – an infuriatingly…
“Just play the fucking hits,” is the advice given by grotesquely combed-over, club-footed Fritz Garbinger (Elijah Wood) to members of…
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Jay Kelly – first-look review
While Kelly reckons with his own personal failings – occasionally detailed in flashbacks filling out his path to stardom –…
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