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Sundance London

Corporate Animals movie review: work is hell

Fri, Sep 20, 2019
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Corporate culture gets a delightfully twisted kick in the ass when a “team-building retreat” turns disastrous. As horror vies with comedy, the pitch(black)-perfect cast gets the balance just right.

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Apollo 11 documentary review: you are there, on the Moon (Sundance London 2019)

Fri, Jun 28, 2019
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This astonishing assemblage of vintage footage, some never before seen, may be unspoilable (we know how it ends) but it’s still hugely suspenseful, and beautifully immersive visually and emotionally.

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Late Night movie review: walking the talk (show) (Sundance London 2019)

Sun, Jun 09, 2019
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The deliciously entertaining Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling take center stage in a comedy about women in a male-dominated world. Laugh-until-you-cry and witheringly funny, often even keenly skewering.

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post movie review: just as she is

Fri, Sep 07, 2018
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Like a black comedy from a dystopia, except the dystopia is real and we are living in it. Chloë Grace Moretz is better than ever as a teen who discovers she may not be able to pray her gay away.

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Half the Picture documentary review: a woman’s place is behind the camera (Sundance London 2018)

Fri, Jun 08, 2018
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Authoritative and insightful, this essential film gives much needed cultural breathing room to some remarkable Hollywood women to discuss how they are undermined or shut out entirely from the industry.

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Hereditary movie review: the haunting is coming from inside the family (Sundance London 2018)

Tue, Jun 05, 2018
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The sinister ambiance has a terrible grace, but its raw and honest portrait of grief and guilt is ultimately diminished by the supernatural horror that is also at play.

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