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Gwen movie review: a frisson of fright on the farm

Gwen movie review: a frisson of fright on the farm

Fri Aug 16 2019, 01:56pm | 0 comments

In Fabric movie review: retail shock therapy

In Fabric movie review: retail shock therapy

Wed Jun 26 2019, 09:39pm | 0 comments

Nervous Translation movie review: home alone, with only her imagination for company

Nervous Translation movie review: home alone, with only her imagination for company

Tue Apr 16 2019, 02:30pm | 0 comments

The Crossing (Guo Chun Tian) movie review: smuggler’s blahs

The Crossing (Guo Chun Tian) movie review: smuggler’s blahs

Fri Mar 22 2019, 03:35pm | 0 comments

Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) movie review: weak wedding whodunnit

Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) movie review: weak wedding whodunnit

Mon Mar 04 2019, 09:27pm | 0 comments

If Beale Street Could Talk movie review: a velvet fist of love and strength

If Beale Street Could Talk movie review: a velvet fist of love and strength

Fri Feb 08 2019, 08:48pm | 0 comments

Burning (Beoning) movie review: same old Mr Nice Guy

Burning (Beoning) movie review: same old Mr Nice Guy

Thu Jan 31 2019, 02:48pm | 0 comments

Nina movie review: dreary would-be sexual melodrama

Nina movie review: dreary would-be sexual melodrama

Fri Jan 25 2019, 01:02pm | 0 comments

Hale County This Morning, This Evening documentary review: a flow of time and hope

Hale County This Morning, This Evening documentary review: a flow of time and hope

Fri Jan 18 2019, 06:34pm | 0 comments

3 Days in Quiberon movie review: a star is torn

3 Days in Quiberon movie review: a star is torn

Fri Nov 16 2018, 06:59pm | 2 comments

They Shall Not Grow Old documentary review: more museum exhibit than movie (#LFF2018)

They Shall Not Grow Old documentary review: more museum exhibit than movie (#LFF2018)

Sun Nov 11 2018, 08:21pm | 0 comments

Peterloo movie review: it’s a battle just to get through it

Peterloo movie review: it’s a battle just to get through it

Thu Nov 01 2018, 08:35pm | 3 comments

The Rider movie review: when the work that makes a man is taken away

The Rider movie review: when the work that makes a man is taken away

Wed Sep 12 2018, 05:01pm | 2 comments

Cold War (Zimna wojna) movie review: chilly romance

Cold War (Zimna wojna) movie review: chilly romance

Sat Sep 01 2018, 05:49pm | 5 comments

Memoir of War (La Douleur) movie review: woman on the homefront

Memoir of War (La Douleur) movie review: woman on the homefront

Wed Aug 29 2018, 01:22pm | 0 comments

Sicilian Ghost Story movie review: grim failing tale

Sicilian Ghost Story movie review: grim failing tale

Fri Aug 03 2018, 02:05pm | 2 comments

On Chesil Beach movie review: no sex, please, we’re British

On Chesil Beach movie review: no sex, please, we’re British

Mon May 21 2018, 05:17pm | 2 comments

Jeune Femme (aka Montparnasse Bienvenüe) movie review: the heroine of her own life

Jeune Femme (aka Montparnasse Bienvenüe) movie review: the heroine of her own life

Fri May 18 2018, 12:08pm | 0 comments

They movie review: the most important decision of their young life

They movie review: the most important decision of their young life

Tue May 08 2018, 07:00pm | 1 comment

Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) movie review: her own worst enemy

Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) movie review: her own worst enemy

Fri Apr 20 2018, 10:31pm | 0 comments

Crowhurst movie review: the worse things that happen at sea

Crowhurst movie review: the worse things that happen at sea

Fri Mar 23 2018, 09:22pm | 0 comments

November movie review: the woods are just trees, the trees are just wood

November movie review: the woods are just trees, the trees are just wood

Fri Feb 23 2018, 03:39pm | 4 comments

Brakes movie review: when romance comes crashing down

Brakes movie review: when romance comes crashing down

Tue Feb 20 2018, 03:57pm | 0 comments

#LFF2017: Blade of the Immortal, Gemini, Makala

#LFF2017: Blade of the Immortal, Gemini, Makala

Thu Oct 26 2017, 09:04pm | 0 comments

#Raindance2017: In Another Life, Hello Again, Maya Dardel

#Raindance2017: In Another Life, Hello Again, Maya Dardel

Sat Sep 30 2017, 07:16pm | 0 comments

#Raindance2017: Black Hollow Cage, Stuck, Mukoku

#Raindance2017: Black Hollow Cage, Stuck, Mukoku

Thu Sep 28 2017, 10:23pm | 2 comments

My Pure Land movie review: meet a real-life heroine in a land that really doesn’t want her

My Pure Land movie review: meet a real-life heroine in a land that really doesn’t want her

Thu Sep 14 2017, 08:21pm | 1 comment

mother! movie review: from WTF to STFU

mother! movie review: from WTF to STFU

Mon Sep 11 2017, 04:30pm | 282 comments

God’s Own Country movie review: the cultivation of love

God’s Own Country movie review: the cultivation of love

Fri Sep 01 2017, 02:42pm | 2 comments

La Soledad movie review: life and beauty among the ruins

La Soledad movie review: life and beauty among the ruins

Fri Aug 18 2017, 03:45pm | 0 comments

The Women’s Balcony movie review: men, cross women at your peril

The Women’s Balcony movie review: men, cross women at your peril

Fri Jul 14 2017, 06:19pm | 6 comments

The Midwife (Sage femme) movie review: the birth pangs of midlife renewal

The Midwife (Sage femme) movie review: the birth pangs of midlife renewal

Sat Jul 08 2017, 06:58pm | 2 comments

Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) movie review: French kicks

Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) movie review: French kicks

Thu Jun 22 2017, 11:40pm | 6 comments

Wakefield movie review: man of the house (emeritus)

Wakefield movie review: man of the house (emeritus)

Fri May 26 2017, 03:35pm | 17 comments

The Levelling movie review: down on the farm

The Levelling movie review: down on the farm

Fri May 12 2017, 03:21pm | 1 comment

Lady Macbeth movie review: the serpent under the innocent flower

Lady Macbeth movie review: the serpent under the innocent flower

Fri Apr 28 2017, 06:42pm | 12 comments

Clash (Eshtebak) movie review: the view from inside social upheaval

Clash (Eshtebak) movie review: the view from inside social upheaval

Fri Apr 21 2017, 02:54pm | 0 comments

The Handmaiden movie review: the women pushing back against misogyny, thwarted by their own film

The Handmaiden movie review: the women pushing back against misogyny, thwarted by their own film

Fri Apr 14 2017, 05:49pm | 81 comments

Bokeh movie review: blurry, lonely lives at the end of the world

Bokeh movie review: blurry, lonely lives at the end of the world

Thu Mar 30 2017, 06:22pm | 20 comments

Dig Two Graves movie review: and bury this deep

Dig Two Graves movie review: and bury this deep

Fri Mar 24 2017, 09:59am | 16 comments

Personal Shopper movie review: shadows of sorrow

Personal Shopper movie review: shadows of sorrow

Fri Mar 17 2017, 04:37pm | 0 comments

Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts (89th Academy Awards) review

Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts (89th Academy Awards) review

Thu Feb 23 2017, 06:09pm | 1 comment

Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (89th Academy Awards) review

Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (89th Academy Awards) review

Mon Feb 20 2017, 04:46pm | 0 comments

Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (89th Academy Awards) review

Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (89th Academy Awards) review

Mon Feb 06 2017, 06:42pm | 0 comments

The Salesman movie review: marriage, Iranian style

The Salesman movie review: marriage, Iranian style

Wed Feb 01 2017, 04:16pm | 2 comments

Moonlight movie review: the empathy machine in action (but only if you’re watching)

Moonlight movie review: the empathy machine in action (but only if you’re watching)

Wed Nov 16 2016, 04:44pm | 25 comments

Fire Song movie review: finding a path through a broken world

Fire Song movie review: finding a path through a broken world

Tue Nov 08 2016, 02:33pm | 0 comments

Girls Lost (Pojkarna) movie review: girls found

Girls Lost (Pojkarna) movie review: girls found

Fri Nov 04 2016, 01:01pm | 0 comments

Aquarius movie review: home is where the fight is

Aquarius movie review: home is where the fight is

Fri Oct 28 2016, 08:58pm | 0 comments

Autumn Lights movie review: women make men feel things

Autumn Lights movie review: women make men feel things

Wed Oct 26 2016, 02:57pm | 0 comments

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