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Laura Bennett

@culturetrans

★★★★, documentary, Reviews, UKMay 31, 2017

Michelangelo: Love and Death (2017)

By Laura Bennett

★★★★☆
To coincide with a major show at London’s National Gallery, Michelangelo: Love and Death, the latest offering from Exhibition on Screen, retraces the genius of the Florentine master.

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Innocence Of Memories
★★★★, documentary, UKJanuary 29, 2016

Innocence Of Memories (2015)

By Laura Bennett

★★★★☆
Grant Gee’s Innocence of Memories is a multilayered exploration of the innovative novel Museum of Innocence by the Turkish Nobel prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk.

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Just Jim
★★★, UKSeptember 25, 2015

Just Jim (2015)

By Laura Bennett

★★★☆☆
Just Jim by Welsh actor, writer and director Craig Roberts, is a dark, offbeat coming-of-age story set in South Wales.

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The Impressionists
★★★★, art, UKMay 26, 2015

The Impressionists and the Man Who Made Them (2015)

By Laura Bennett

★★★★☆
The Impressionists and the Man Who Made Them gives art lovers the chance to learn about the stories behind some of the world’s greatest exhibitions.

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The Ice Forest
features, Italy, ReviewsMarch 3, 2015

Cinema Made In Italy

By Laura Bennett

A showcase of the best of contemporary Italian cinema, Cinema Made In Italy offers a grand tour of the bel paese.

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Buoni A Nulla
★★★★, ItalyMarch 3, 2015

Good for Nothing / Buoni a Nulla (2014)

By Laura Bennett

★★★★☆
Gianni di Gregorio’sGood for Nothing is a quirky tale about friendship and standing up for yourself when it is the only thing left to do.

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La Foresta di Ghiaccio
★★★, ItalyMarch 3, 2015

The Ice Forest / La Foresta di Ghiaccio (2014)

By Laura Bennett

★★★☆☆
In Claudio Noce’s film, hidden secrets and underlying tensions explode against The Ice Forest‘s mountain landscape.

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The Lack
★★★, ItalyMarch 3, 2015

The Lack (2014)

By Laura Bennett

★★★☆☆
Directed by video artists Masbedo, The Lack is a haunting study of absence through the eyes of six desperate women immersed in a silent natural environment.

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La mafia uccide solo d'estate
★★★★, ItalyMarch 3, 2015

The Mafia Kills Only in Summer / La Mafia Uccide Solo d’Estate (2013)

By Laura Bennett

★★★★☆
Pierfrancesco Diliberto’s The Mafia Kills Only in Summer is an unlikely comedy centred on the bloodshed perpetrated by Sicily’s ruthless Cosa Nostra.

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Das große Museum
★★★★, Austria, documentaryDecember 12, 2014

The Great Museum / Das große Museum (2014)

By Laura Bennett

★★★★☆
A fascinating glimpse of the goings-on at one of the grandes dames of Europe’s museum scene, The Great Museum offers a compelling portrait of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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La Cour de Babel
★★★★, documentary, France, ReviewsDecember 5, 2014

School of Babel/La Cour de Babel (2014)

By Laura Bennett

★★★★☆
French director Julie Bertuccelli’s classroom documentary School of Babel examines twenty-four foreign teenagers’ struggles as they adapt to a new life, culture and language in France.

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Lamma Shoftak
★★★, PalestineJune 6, 2014

When I Saw You/Lamma Shoftak (2014)

By Laura Bennett

★★★☆☆
Annemarie Jacir’s When I Saw You takes an optimistic look at the late 1960s Palestinian refugee crisis, but asks more questions than it answers.

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Journal de France
★★★, documentary, FranceJanuary 31, 2014

Journal de France (2012)

By Laura Bennett

★★★☆☆
Journal de France looks back at the career of photojournalist and filmmaker Raymond Depardon, interwoven with his latest project: a portrait of rural France.

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Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf's
★★★, documentary, USADecember 6, 2013

Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf’s (2013)

By Laura Bennett

★★★☆☆
Matthew Miele’s Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s is a suitably sleek star-studded behind-the-scenes documentary looking at New York’s über department store.

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