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Of Horses and Men

Of Horses and Men posits that man and beast are closer than they realise: in a series of…

By Matthew McKernan
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Oculus

The premise of Oculus is not terribly original – a typically happy family's lives disintegrate when subjected to…

By Mark Sempill
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Secret Sharer

For all the exotic locales he wrote about, it was always the open sea that loomed largest over…

By Stephen Mayne
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Knocked for Six

Knocked for Six is an Australian comedy about a group of cricketers who go on tour in India.…

By Matthew McKernan
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22 Jump Street

The dream team are sent back to recapture their youth all over again in this follow up to…

By Alex Finch
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The Young and Prodigious T S Spivet

It’s been 13 years since Jean-Pierre Jeunet released Amelie, an enchantingly romantic film that changed the face of French…

By Violet Myers
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I Declare War

Never before has the power of young children’s imagination been so well dramatised as in I Declare War.…

By Alex Finch
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Venus in Fur

Always controversial Polish film-maker Roman Polanski focuses his 22nd production Venus in Fur on the origins of sadomasochism.…

By Daniel Engelke
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Grace of Monaco

French director of the well-known La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan has already caused a lot of ink to…

By Liloie Cazorla
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Benny & Jolene

In this film about a boy/girl folk group, Benny and Jolene are pressured to become more commercial and…

By Eleanor MacFarlane