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TONGUE LOOSE.: Tongue loose Attends The Bechdel Test Fest Screening Of Beyond The Lights

TONGUE LOOSE.: Tongue loose Attends The Bechdel Test Fest Screening Of Beyond The Lights

How do you watch and write a review for a Oscar nominated film featuring Oscar nominated actors, written and …

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Imaginary Friend: Ephraim and Pippi

Imaginary Friend: Ephraim and Pippi

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Imaginary Friend

Imaginary Friend

A word which reaccured during my pregnancy was: support. It was the deadly final strike to the most occuring …

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12 Years A Slave Review

12 Years A Slave Review

Director: Steve McQueen. Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt. Cer…

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LFF 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive Review

LFF 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive Review

Director: Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin. Runnin…

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THN Interview 'We're The Millers' Director Rawson Marshall Thurber

THN Interview 'We're The Millers' Director Rawson Marshall Thurber

He made the world laugh and fear PE with DODGEBALL: A True Underdog Story in 2004, and almost ten years later…

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3 to see at LFF: sex and violence

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By Paul Ridd, Sam Wigley, Brogan Morris, Isra Al Kassi
| BFI
Three bold genre films that push against trends of squeamishness and puritanism around representations of sex and violence. Clutch those pearls! 3 October 2023 By Paul Ridd A reimagining of May el-Toukhy’s celebrated Danish film Queen of Hearts (2019), this edgy erotic thriller focuses on successful lawyer Anne (Léa Drucker) who impulsively begins a sexual relationship with her teenage stepson Théo (Samuel Kircher).
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10 great hitman films

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By Brogan Morris, Sam Wigley, Isra Al Kassi, Sarah Lutton
| BFI
As new films from David Fincher and Richard Linklater centre the work of a paid assassin, we track the history of hitmen on screen. 29 September 2023 By Brogan Morris In cinema, the dirty business of killing for cash can seem almost glamorous.
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3 to see at LFF: films from the Middle East and North Africa

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By Isra Al Kassi, Sam Wigley, Brogan Morris, Sarah Lutton
| BFI
Isra Al Kassi recommends three hot tickets from the Middle East and North African selection at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. 29 September 2023 By Isra Al Kassi Strange, unexplained phenomena have started to occur which might suggest the end of the world. But, meanwhile, heavily pregnant Itto is seeking to reunite with her husband and his family. On a road trip to rejoin them, she meets people from communities who’ve been left behind, blaming the greediness of the Moroccan elite.
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