Under the Shadow (2016)
An original supernatural horror movie set in Iran, Under the Shadow is an impressive debut for director Babak Anvari. Under the Shadow CAUTION: Here…
Read MoreAn original supernatural horror movie set in Iran, Under the Shadow is an impressive debut for director Babak Anvari. Under the Shadow CAUTION: Here…
Read MoreSlick, glossy, visually exciting, Ryan Bonder’s The Brother is an attention-grabbing thriller. The Brother CAUTION: Here be spoilers The Brother is a story of…
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Inspired by his experience growing up in a commune, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune loses emotional power, buried under a multitude of individual stories.
Maverick politician George Galloway’s The Killing$ of Tony Blair is everything you would expect of an opinionated character assassination of a highly criticised former…
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Read MoreCatherine Corsini’s 1970s troubled lesbian romance basks in an idyllic Summertime in France in the days of women’s lib. Summertime CAUTION: Here be spoilers…
Read MoreA bizarre black comedy by Anders Thomas Jenson, Men and Chicken plunges us messily into the grotesque underbelly of genetics. Men and Chicken CAUTION:…
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