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Month: November 2017

‘Summer 1993’ (‘Estiu 1993’) Review

Diego Aparicio reviews Carla Simón’s fresh biographical drama. This review originally appeared on the author’s film blog, Observancy. It has been slightly modified. Estiu 1993 (“Summer 1993”) has made quite a splash: Carla Simón’s autobiographical […]

Posted on 30th November 2017 By Diego Aparicio Continue reading

‘Tom of Finland’ Review

Pihla Pekkarinen takes a look at the biographical film of a queer art icon. “Tom of… Tom of Finland.” “Tom of Sweden would sell more.” In its portrayal of a […]

Posted on 29th November 2017 By Pihla Pekkarinen Continue reading

‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ Review

Editor Chloe Woods examines Angela Robinson’s biographical drama. Sometimes history defies the limits of creative imagination: and this is the case with the creator of Diana Prince, Wonder Woman, first […]

Posted on 27th November 2017 By Chloe Woods Continue reading

‘The Death of Stalin’ Review

Sam Asher reviews Iannucci’s period comedy. The Death of Stalin, Armando Iannucci’s latest comedy, follows the power vacuum in the Soviet Union caused by said death in 1953. As is […]

Posted on 25th November 2017 By Sam Asher Continue reading

The Evolution of the Jock in ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Twin Peaks’

Calvin Law examines a common television archetype through two cult shows. (WARNING: spoilers for Stranger Things and Stranger Things 2, Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return) In many ways, David Lynch and Netflix could […]

Posted on 24th November 2017 By Calvin Law Continue reading

‘Daddy’s Home 2’ Review

Alexandra Petrache reviews the second seasonal comedy instalment. “A day without laughter is a wasted day,” my Thai fortune cookie said on Saturday night. Fantastic, I thought. Good thing I […]

Posted on 22nd November 2017 By Alexandra-Loredana Petrache Continue reading

‘Mindhunter’ Season 1 Review

Raphael Duhamel reviews David Fincher’s thrilling Netflix series. “It’s always the mother. They all have a crazy, angry mother.” Mindhunter is a Freudian’s dream. Set in Virginia in 1977, the […]

Posted on 20th November 2017 By Raphael Duhamel Continue reading

The Cakemaker (‘Der Kuchenmacher’) Review

Alex Dewing examines Ofir Raul Graizer’s emotional debut. Israeli writer-director Ofir Raul Graizer isn’t holding back in his poignant feature debut: The Cakemaker tackles everything from sexuality to religion. As the first […]

Posted on 19th November 2017 By Alex Dewing Continue reading

Round-up: London East Asian Film Festival (LEAFF) 2017

Xin Yi Wang runs through a few films from the London East Asian Film Festival, which ran from the 19th to the 29th of October. Names such as Akira Kurosawa, […]

Posted on 18th November 2017 By Xinyi Wang Continue reading

Central DOCS Club: ’78/52′ Review

The first of our co-hosted Central DOCS Club screenings with Picturehouse Central saw ’78/52′, the story of Hitchcock’s famous shower scene, screened and followed by a discussion. Katie Jackson continues […]

Posted on 17th November 2017 By Katie Jackson Continue reading

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