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King of the Travellers

King of the Travellers is loosely an Irish take on Romeo and Juliet. It is a revenge fable…

By Andrew Collins
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We Went to War

Following on from the 1970 documentary I Was a Soldier, the late British director Michael Grigsby's We Went to War…

By Conor Nyhan
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Craneway Event

Deep in the recesses of Barbican Centre’s legendary Cinema 1, an audience buzzing with anticipation hurriedly filled every…

By Alexander Condliffe
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In the House

Although it seems a shame to advocate against reading, the general consensus on films based on books never…

By Jennifer Atkinson
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Trance

If there is one thing director Danny Boyle excels at it is creating tension. Following the fantastic success…

By Jennifer Atkinson
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They Go to Die

“Not every public health disaster can be described in numbers,” says epidemiologist-turned-filmmaker Jonathan Smith, director of They Go…

By Joe Turnbull
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Good Vibrations

Directed by Glenn Leyburn (Cherrybomb), Good Vibrations is a biopic about “the godfather of the Belfast punk scene”,…

By Conor Nyhan
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Reincarnated

When Calvin Broadus first came to public attention, his moniker was Snoop Dogg – a name he used…

By Andrew Collins
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Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of Jack (Nicholas Hoult), a young man longing for adventure, inspired…

By Melanie Weaver
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Based on Mohsin Hamid’s novel of the same name, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a romance film masquerading as…

By Joey Godman