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Mood Indigo

Michel Gondry clearly feels an artistic affinity with the late surrealist novelist Boris Vian. Gondry – who first…

By Stuart Boyland
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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

Ironically, Big Star, a short-lived Memphis rock band from the 1970s, never quite lived up to their name.…

By Theodora Munroe
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Mystery Road

With names like Slaughter Hill and Massacre Creek, the rural town of Winton in Queensland, Australia was never…

By Joshua Samonini
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Heaven Is for Real

In the way that Christian rock is not really for people other than Christians, this is a Christian…

By Eleanor MacFarlane
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The Rover

David Michôd's first feature Animal Kingdom was highly acclaimed, and The Rover is sure to have the same warm welcome when it…

By Liloie Cazorla
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Night Moves

Night Moves is an eco-thriller telling the story of three young radical environmentalists coming together to execute the…

By Filippo L'Astorina
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Blood Ties

Guillaume Canet’s new feature film, Blood Ties was one of the most hotly anticipated events of the Cannes…

By Liloie Cazorla
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A Promise

A Promise is an adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s novel Journey into the Past (Widerstand der Wirklichkeit). The picture…

By Filippo L'Astorina
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Adult World

The coming-of-age formula is a tired and familiar one. There are plenty of obligatory cinematic troupes it must…

By Matthew Lee
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What If

Michael Dowse’s What If is a romantic comedy that tries to break the conventions generally employed by this…

By Joanna Byrne