Movies
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The Testament of Ann Lee – first-look review
One of my favourite Wikipedia pages is entitled ‘List of people claimed to be Jesus’ which documents, as one might…
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Nuestra Tierra – first-look review
Lucrecia Martel’s years-in-the-making documentary about the murder of an Indigenous Argentinian man starkly lays out the rigged justice system in…
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Late Fame – first-look review
After decades spent working for the United States Postal Service in New York City, Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe) returns home…
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The Wizard of the Kremlin – first-look review
The loudest reaction during both press screenings of Olivier Assayas’s The Wizard of the Kremlin at the Venice Film Festival happened…
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Cover-Up – first-look review | Little White Lies
When investigative journalist Seymour “Sy” Hersh is asked what made him a suitable candidate to run his father’s store in Chicago,…
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Ish – first-look review | Little White Lies
While planes roar overhead on their way to or from the nearby Luton Airport, Ish (Farhan Hasnat) and his best…
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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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