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Stephen A. Russell

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Scotstralian. Melbourne via Glasgow. Award-winning film critic and arts journo. Aboriginal land, never ceded. He/him (all snorts my own) 🦋@stephenarussell
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The Birthday Party

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By Stephen A. Russell Verified, Léa Mysius, Hafsia Herzi
| Time Out Verified
The insistent, gnawing strings of composer Florencia Di Concilio’s score sneaking around the edges of Léa Mysius’ (The Five Devils) home invasion thriller is the first hint that things are about to go a bit Funny Games. It all starts calmly enough for sharp-suited project manager Nora (Hafsia Herzi), who is celebrating her fortieth birthday and has a promotion in the offing.
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I Want Your Sex

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By Stephen A. Russell Verified, Gregg Araki, Olivia Wilde
| Time Out Verified
Olivia Wilde is single-handedly bringing erotic comedy back to the box office this year. First there was the four-way dinner party delight of The Invite, and now she dons a lot of (or very little) PVC for the long-awaited return of Gregg Araki with the deliciously silly I Want Your Sex. Wilde plays extremely kink-positive artist Erika, who’s all-in on the capitalist machine, though more jaded than Warhol, berating the industry as a money-making scam devoid of creativity.
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Léa Seydoux is remarkable in ‘Corsage’ director Marie Kreutzer’s domestic horror story of betrayal

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By Stephen A. Russell Verified, Marie Kreutzer, Lea Seydoux
| Time Out Verified
‘Would I lie to you, baby?’ So sings Bond star Léa Seydoux’s pop-inflected concert pianist, Lucy, in a slow-burn reworking of the Charles & Eddie hit at the open of Corsage director Marie Kreutzer’s latest. A niggling worry that creeps around the corners of this austere, guarded film. The first sign that something’s not quite right comes when Lucy must comfort her filmmaker husband, Philip (Laurence Rupp), who collapses mid-panic attack in the hall of their Munich apartment.
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