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Exit

Chen Shiang-chyi’s Ling suffers from a similar condition to David Zellner’s protagonist in the recent American-Japanese film Kumiko,…

By Dan Owen
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Focus

When one thinks of a con movie, the memorable performance of the spirited Robert Redford in The Sting…

By Scarlet Howes
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Lou!

Lou! is filled to the brim with whimsy, quirky characters and comical mishaps, as the the audience is taken…

By Amaliah Sara Marmon-Halm
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The Divergent Series: Insurgent

The Divergent series is by no means unique  it’s just one of many hit young adult franchises to…

By Natasha Furlong
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A Second Chance

Though Oscar-winning writer/director Susanne Bier has previously grappled with controversial issues, as in 2010’s In A Better World, her…

By Gregor Sinclair
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Mommy

Five years ago, Xavier Dolan presented his feature debut I Killed My Mother at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight – a…

By Liloie Cazorla
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The Voices

It’s difficult to know what to make of The Voices, a film which at first appears, eye-rollingly, to…

By Kate Knowles
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown

It’s fair to say that contemporary horror movies have been regurgitating the same old themes for a while…

By Scarlet Howes
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X + Y

“Beauty is truth, and truth is beauty. Therefore, mathematics must be the most beautiful thing in the world”,…

By Michael John
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Stonehearst Asylum

Based on the short story The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether by American gothic poet and…

By Angela Logan