Thomas Messner

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    The Piano Lesson
    ★★★★★

    Boy Willie Charles is both a troublemaker and smooth talker, a braggart...

    Thomas Messner 11th October 2024
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    The End
    ★★★★★

    Were a man to find himself one of the last humans left standing on a...

    Thomas Messner 10th October 2024
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    Blitz
    ★★★★★

    A young boy torn from his mother by urban warfare, setting off on a harrowing...

    Thomas Messner 10th October 2024
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    Good One
    ★★★★★

    At 17, it’s already readily apparent that the adults in your life are more...

    Thomas Messner 9th October 2024
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    Nickel Boys
    ★★★★★

    To truly have walked in another man’s shoes, is it better to have seen his...

    Thomas Messner 9th October 2024
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    All of You
    ★★★★★

    It’s hard to root against a romantic drama. No matter how tried and true (or...

    Thomas Messner 8th October 2024
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    Theatre
    House at Barbican Theatre
    ★★★★★

    Adapting his own decades-spanning documentary trilogy, director Amos Gitai and La...

    Thomas Messner 27th September 2024
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    Movie
    My Old Ass
    ★★★★★

    Were you to come face to face with your older self, the harrowing possibilities seem...

    Thomas Messner 25th September 2024
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    Reawakening
    ★★★★★

    When we first meet John and Mary (Jared Harris and Juliet Stevenson, respectively), they are...

    Thomas Messner 13th September 2024
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    The Critic
    ★★★★★

    When reading the logline for Anand Tucker’s new yarn, one can’t help but think about...

    Thomas Messner 10th September 2024