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LFF 2019 Review: Judy and Punch – “It is the quirky darkness that really holds your interest”

Posted by on Oct 14, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

An Australian film about the traditionally British Punch and Judy puppet show is set in the fictional town of Seaside (a town nowhere near...

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LFF 2019 Review: Rocks

Posted by on Oct 14, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Director Sarah Gavron’s latest feature Rocks walks a seamless line between energetic coming-of-age and social realism. The film...

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LFF 2019 Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Posted by on Oct 11, 2019 in All, documentary, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Last year you may recall I reviewed Score, a documentary on the history and evolution of music in cinema. Making Waves is a perfect...

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LFF 2019 Review: The Report – “A spectacular and necessary piece of cinema”

Posted by on Oct 8, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

It’s what many of us hope for, the knowledge that based-on-a-true-story cinema can do more than entertain, it can actually redress...

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LFF 2019: Lucky Grandma -“A very assured first feature”

Posted by on Oct 4, 2019 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Lady luck takes a glance in the wrong direction for a gambling Grandma in writer-director Sasie Siely’s debut feature. Grandma Wong (Tsai...

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LFF 2019 Review: Bad Education – “Dripping with righteous anger”

Posted by on Oct 1, 2019 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

The sound of Greta Thunberg’s name is enough to make most cheer and some fume. As the poster child for the climate change movement,...

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LFF 2019 Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon – “A wonder to behold”

Posted by on Sep 21, 2019 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

It’s not often that a film conveys the feeling of being really dirty. Not the gritty city realism of a kitchen-sink drama, nor...

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BFI London Film Festival 2018 Review: Girl

Posted by on Oct 29, 2018 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Back in 2013 whilst reviewing the 10th volume of Boys on Films, Peccadillo Pictures’ illustrious anthology of queer shorts from across the...

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BFI London Film Festival 2018 Review: The Fight – “A debut film that more than punches its weight”

Posted by on Oct 19, 2018 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sport | 0 comments

Jessica Hynes might best known as a comedy actress, but it’s the drama of the everyday she ’s exploring in her first feature as a...

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BFI London Film Festival 2018 Review: Been So Long – “A celebration of love”

Posted by on Oct 17, 2018 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, musical, Reviews | 0 comments

A musical based in London’s Camden, Tinge Krishnan’s Been So Long is a romantic drama that follows Simone (Michaela Coel), a single mother...

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