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The Grump

It’s amazing to think what the eldest generation in our society must have witnessed in their lifetimes. Anyone…

By James Fisher
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Desert Dancer

Desert Dancer stakes a claim for biographical authenticity from the moment it opens with the words “based on…

By Stuart Boyland
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Streetdance Family

A film about street dance is usually predictable: a group of talented underdogs fight their way into competitions;…

By Vineeta Sathiamoorthy
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Our Little Sister

Based on the Japanese manga series of the same name, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister paints a family…

By Michelle Keepence
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Jane Got a Gun

After several years of casting woes, scheduling conflicts, crew replacements, financial hardship and distribution tango, heroine-based western Jane Got…

By Frances Lai
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Eisenstein in Guanajuato

In 1931, Sergei Eisenstein, perhaps Russia's greatest filmmaker, oft-forgotten in film history, arrived in Mexico intending to make…

By Natasha Furlong
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The Divide

Katharine Round’s new and enlightening documentary, The Divide, invites the audience into the lives of seven very different…

By Aneequa Sameen
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Yr Ymadawiad (The Passing)

Suspense and mystery in the unforgiving Welsh countryside set the tone for this Welsh-language feature film, directed by…

By Sarah Sutton
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Black Mountain Poets

The final part of director Jamie Adams' "modern romance trilogy" Black Mountain Poets is something of a buddy romcom,…

By Natasha Furlong