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In the Heights movie review: hot in the city

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Pure joy. It is singing and dancing, life and love, food and family, heritage and community in all its complexity. Harnesses Golden Age Hollywood verve and style in breathtaking, enrapturing ways.

The Gentlemen movie review: sufficiently advanced crime

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

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Guy Ritchie ups his game on his signature subgenre with a hilariously sublime crime comedy that acts as mirror on the legit world and oozes with crackling cynicism about culture and politics as well.

Always Be My Maybe movie review: this is how to shake up the tired rom-com

Wed, Jun 12, 2019

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Doesn’t rock the rom-com boat but absolutely delightful anyway. A smart, modern romantic comedy that flips genre scripts and finds a freshness in making room for new voices and new perspectives.

AWFJ 2018 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

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Our most honored films are Roma (five awards), The Favourite (four awards), and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (three awards).

movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Sep 14

Sat, Sep 15, 2018

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Chloé Zhao directs modern revisionist Western The Rider; Annemarie Jacir directs Palestinian family drama Wajib; Eva Hausberger codirects a documentary about the Glock pistol; more…

Crazy Rich Asians movie review: a Golden Age of Hollywood romance with an overdue fresh twist

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

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An opulent, juicy, splendidly silly, tears-of-joy spectacle reminiscent of the escapist fluff of 1930s Hollywood… yet also a romantic fantasy that a progressive, feminist gal can actually feel good about.

Searching movie review: real virtuality

Wed, Aug 29, 2018

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With smarts, warmth, and humanity, this mystery that unfurls entirely on computer screens becomes an ode to the new digital lives we are all leading, from how we use our devices to what they say about us.