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Review

Unmoored review – jars its own style

by Oscar Aitchison

Allegations made against the husband of a Swedish TV presenter drive the plot of Caroline Ingvarsson’s slow-burn debut feature.

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Review

Materialists review – earnest but underbaked romantic dramedy

by Laura Venning

An elite NYC matchmaker finds herself torn between money and love in Celine Song’s sophomore feature.

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Review

Together review – Franco and Brie try conscious uncoupling

by Katherine McLaughlin

A married couple move to the countryside only to find their relationship tested in new and surprising ways in Michael Shanks’ body horror.

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Review

Stans review – mostly the same old thing

by David Jenkins

A novel but ultimately unsatisfying look at the life and art of Eminem through the eyes of his most obsessive fans.

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Podcast

Weapons | Freakier Friday | Freaky Friday (2003)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss new releases Weapons and Freakier Friday and revisit Freaky Friday for Film Club.
Julia Garner and Josh Brolin in Weapons
Review

Weapons review – fun but familiar horror hijinks

by Hannah Strong

Zach Cregger sticks to what he knows in his sophomore horror about missing kids and small-town madness.

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Review

Freakier Friday review – nothing quite compares to that rugged noughties flair

by Yasmine Kandil

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reprise their roles as the mother-daughter duo that accidentally swapped bodies in 2003, and the results are… okay.

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Journeys

Inside the inaugural edition of the Collective Film Festival London

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A dispatch from a passionate grassroots project over in Finsbury Park.
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Podcast

Bring Her Back + Directors Danny and Michael Phillipou | The Naked Gun | Naked Gun (1988)

On the show this week we discuss Bring Her Back and speak to its delightful directors Danny and Michael Phillipou. The spoof returns in The Naked Gun, and for Film club we revisit the original Naked Gun.
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Review

The Naked Gun review – not just more rebooted IP for the pile

by Charles Bramesco

Liam Neeson stars as Detective Frank Drebin Jr in Akiva Schaffer’s zany new Police Academy adventure.

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