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Kinds of Kindness

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 27 2024
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Director – Yorgos Lanthimos – 2023 – UK – Cert. 18 – 144m *** A triptych of stories from rising star cult director Lanthimos performed by the same intimate, ensemble cast – baffling auteur exercise is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, June 28th Beyond a description of its structure – three separate […]

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The Inventor

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 5 2024
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Directors – Jim Capobianco, Pierre-Luc Granjon – 2023 – US, France, Ireland – Cert. PG – 100m **** Towards the end of his life, inventor Leonardo da Vinci goes to live in France under the patronage of the King – stop frame / drawn animation composite is out in the UK’s Vue cinemas on Friday, […]

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Dune Part Two

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 29 2024
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Director – Denis Villeneuve – 2024 – US – Cert. 12a – 166m ***** A fallen dynasty fights back on a desert planet populated with giant sandworms– out in cinemas on Friday, March 1st The second part of the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sprawling novel Dune (1965) – the title Dune Part Two following the […]

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Dune
(2021)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 17 2021
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(2021)
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Director – Denis Villeneuve – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 155m ***** A powerful family is exiled to a desert planet populated with giant sandworms as part of an interplanetary conspiracy to end their dynasty – back out in cinemas from Friday, February 8th 2024 Frank Herbert’s sprawling novel Dune (1965) was read […]

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Roxy (Roxy)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 21 2022
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Director – Dito Tsintsadze – 2022 – Germany, Georgia, Belgium – Cert. none – 100m ***** When a taxi driver’s latest clients retain his services, both end up getting much more than they bargained for– premieres in the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival The eponymous Roxy is a fight dog who has so far […]

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20 Days
In Mariupol
(20 днів
Y Маріуполі)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 2 2023
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In Mariupol
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Director – Mstyslav Chernov – 2023 – Ukraine – Cert. 18 – 94m ***** A Ukranian-born, Associated Press video journalist and his stills photographer go to Mariupol where they report on Russia’s assault and invasion of that city – out in UK cinemas on Friday, October 6th There are some films that are incredibly tough […]

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Brainwashed:
Sex-Camera-Power

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 9 2023
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Sex-Camera-Power
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Director – Nina Menkes – 2022 – US – Cert. 18 – 107m ***1/2 A lecture on how movies treat male and female bodies differently, augmented with interviews from female directors, actresses, critics and others, using numerous film clips – on BFI Player from Monday, July 17th This is a film based on a lecture […]

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Wake Wood

Director – David Keating – 2009 – UK, Ireland – Cert. 18 – 90m ***** Things are not what they seem, supernatural power is abroad and terrible prices have to be paid in a mysterious, close-knit village community – out in UK cinemas from Friday, March 25th, 2011 This review originally appeared in Third Way. […]

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Boonie Bears
Back To Earth
(Xiong Chu Mo
Chong Fan
Di Qiu,
熊出沒·重返地球)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 24 2022
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Back To Earth
(Xiong Chu Mo
Chong Fan
Di Qiu,
熊出沒·重返地球)

Director – Lin Huida – 2022 – China – Cert. PG – 100m **** The latest movie in this long-running, animated Chinese franchise, hugely successful at the Chinese (and therefore global) box office, is the first to get a UK cinema release – in a dubbed format for family audiences – out in UK cinemas […]

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Fantastic Beasts:
The Secrets
Of Dumbledore

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 7 2022
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The Secrets
Of Dumbledore
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Director – David Yates – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 142m *** In the 1930s, Newt Scamander, Albus Dumbledore and others attempt to prevent the despotic wizard Grindlewald from seizing power in a wizard’s election in J.K. Rowling’s third Fantastic Beasts movie – out in cinemas on Friday, April 8th It’s difficult to […]