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Review

Savages review – direct action education, for kids!

by Kambole Campbell

Claude Barras’s new animated feature ties together fights for indigenous rights and climate action with coming-of-age angst.

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Review

Bring Her Back review – Sally Hawkins is sensationally unhinged

by Katherine McLaughlin

Two siblings discover their new foster mother isn’t all she seems in Michael and Danny Philippou’s gory horror. 

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Podcast

The Fantastic Four: First Steps + Ralph Ineson | What Does That Nature Say To You | The Green Ray (1986)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss The Fanastic Four: First Steps and spoke to its star Ralph Ineson. We then review the latest Hong Sang-Soo film, What Does That Nature Say To You and finally, for film club, revisit The Green Ray.
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Review

The Bad Guys 2 review – an absolute hoot

by David Jenkins

This superior screwball heist sequel headed up by Sam Rockwell demonstrates a wicked funny bone.

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Review

The Fantastic Four: First Steps review – hard not to wish for more commitment

by Kambole Campbell

Hesitance to commit to pulpy retrofuturism undermines one of the better MCU entries.

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Festivals

The 2025 Venice line-up is insanely stacked

by Nathan Lewis

Festival chief Alberto Barbara has pulled out all the stops to deliver a star-spangled and mouth-watering set of titles.
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Podcast

Harvest + Harry Melling | Friendship | I Love You, Man (2009)

On Truth & Movies this week, the traditions of a village are forever changed in Harvest and its star Harry Melling spoke to us about the film. A man on the edge tries to befriend a neighbour in Friendship, and on Film club we revisit more attempts to forge connections as an adult in I Love You Man.
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Partnership

Marcello Mastroianni: A Life Lived Beautifully

by LWLies

Our latest video essay, made in partnership with Disaronno, explores how the Italian screen legend became an enduring symbol of ​“la dolce vita”.
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In Praise Of

The queer optimism of My Beautiful Laundrette

by Nirris Nagendrarajah

As Stephen Frears’ 1985 dramedy turns 40, a writer discovers a hopeful mirror in the lovers at the centre of the film.
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Review

I Know What You Did Last Summer review – cramped by the limitations of its own IP

by Patrick Sproull

A new group of sexy teens face off against a hook-handed foe in this strange legacy sequel.

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