Mark Worgan

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

In many ways, George Miller’s reinvention of Mad Max is an unlikely blockbuster Hollywood franchise. 2015’s Fury Road…

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo is one of French literature’s great stories, and one adapted for…

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Flow

If there’s one thing cats don’t like it’s water – that, and dogs. In Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis’s…

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September Says

Ariane Labed has until now been best known for her Volpi Cup-winning role in the Greek Weird Wave…

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Parthenope

Paolo Sorrentino’s films generally look beautiful, from the darkened corridors of illicit power of Il Divo to his…

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Anora

The bizarre netherworld of the sex industry, where love (or rather lust) is for sale, is a theme…

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I, The Executioner

South Korea has become something of a cultural hotspot in recent years, with K-pop becoming globally popular and…

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The Marching Band

Almost 30 years ago, Brassed Off won the hearts of audiences with its tale of a declining Yorkshire…

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