Contributor Beth Webb

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Interviews

Kitty Green on why The Assistant goes way beyond Weinstein

by Beth Webb

The American filmmaker’s debut narrative feature is the perfect drama for the post #MeToo era.
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Festivals

Can you mourn for a person of whom you have no memory?

by Beth Webb

Korean director Noh Young Sun reflects on her deeply personal debut feature, Yukiko.
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In Praise Of

Drop Dead Gorgeous at 20: The cult teen movie 1999 wasn’t ready for

by Beth Webb

How the “most smartest” comedy overcame a box office bashing to find a devoted fanbase.
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‘We’ve all lost someone at some point’ – Lulu Wang on The Farewell

by Beth Webb

The American writer/director reveals how a lie allowed her to make this remarkable family drama.
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Festivals

Jeanne – first look review

by Beth Webb

Bruno Dumont’s sequel to his musical portrait of a young Joan of Arc is endurance cinema at its most epic.
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In Praise Of

Go at 20 – How this teen movie captured LA rave culture at its best

by Beth Webb

Doug Liman’s film exists as a perfect time capsule of youth at the end of a decade.
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Review

Wild Rose

by Beth Webb

Jessie Buckley dazzles in this heel-tapping ballad of an aspiring Glaswegian country star

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Incoming

BAFTA and the Academy are wrong to relegate technical awards

by Beth Webb

By denying the winners airtime, these major events are discrediting those at the very heart of the craft.
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Bo Peep’s “feminist” makeover is a hollow gesture from Pixar

by Beth Webb

The return of the sheep-herding heroine in Toy Story 4 signals a new chapter for the studio – but has anything changed behind the scenes?
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Review

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

by Beth Webb

Dean DeBlois’ beloved animated franchise arrives at a dazzling, emotional farewell.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Colette

by Beth Webb

Keira Knightley plays the eponymous French author in a biopic which doesn’t match the imagination of its subject.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Shoplifters

by Beth Webb

Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes storming drama paints a richly humanistic portrait of an unconventional family unit.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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