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Sage Femme (The Midwife)
If a lifetime of the pursuit of pleasure and literally running away from your problems results in a…
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La Ronde at the Bunker
Max Gill’s non-gender specific adaptation of Schnitzler’s La Ronde is relevant and imaginative. A physical wheel of fortune governs…
By Georgie Cowan-Turner
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Drôles d’oiseaux (Strange Birds)
Imagination is a wild animal: if we let it off its leash there's no telling what it might…
By Sean Gallen
Berlinale
La Reina de España (The Queen of Spain)
2016 seemed to be the year of long-delayed sequels. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 was released some…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Helle Nächte (Bright Nights)
Some road movies enter the cultural zeitgeist, such as Thelma & Louise, and even Y Tu Mamá También…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Call Me by Your Name
Elio has resigned himself to another long, hot, vaguely boring summer in Italy with his parents. Oliver, an…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
The Party
Most parties start off with a bang and end with a whimper but Sally Potter's The Party goes…
By Sean Gallen
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Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White at Union Chapel
A church isn’t the most conventional venue for a gig, but then there isn’t anything conventional about Flo…
By Yusuf Tamanna
Berlinale
The Misandrists
The Misandrists is a publicly funded underground art film. To the uninitiated, it seems almost unbelievable that such…
By Jennifer Sanin
Berlinale
Una Mujer Fantastica (A Fantastic Woman)
Orlando (Francisco Reyes) takes his girlfriend, Marina (Daniela Varga), out for dinner and dancing to celebrate her birthday.…
By Sean Gallen