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Sherpa documentary review: go tell it on the mountain (LFF 2015)

Wed, Dec 02, 2015
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Captures a burgeoning revolutionary spirit among a people who have been ignored, when they aren’t being taken advantage of, for too long.

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Room movie review: the world through new eyes (LFF 2015)

Sat, Oct 10, 2015
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I wish I could have stopped the film — numerous times — simply to give myself a chance to step back from an emotional precipice of horror and tension.

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Miss You Already movie review: best friends forever, for real

Mon, Sep 28, 2015
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Authentically female in how it gets inside a lifelong friendship between two women, and as wisely funny as it is sharply poignant.

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Where Are the Women? Everest

Mon, Sep 14, 2015
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The women in this story spend their time worrying and picking up the pieces while men are off discovering themselves and getting into trouble along the way.

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Everest movie review: peak experience

Mon, Sep 14, 2015
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A spectacular, heart-stopping adventure that has you catching your breath and gasping in shock. See it in IMAX 3D for an enrapturing you-are-there feeling.

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London photos: sci-fi props and costumes up for auction

Fri, Sep 11, 2015
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A bunch of way-cool props, costumes, and memorabilia from SF/F and adjacent movies and TV shows are on display at BFI IMAX ahead of an auction.

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