Contributor Hannah Strong

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Festivals

Oh, Canada – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A celebrated documentary filmmaker makes a deathbed confession in Paul Schrader's adaptation of Russell Bank's novel Foregone.
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Festivals

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

The death of a beloved uncle in a middle-class Zambian family brings some difficult truths to light in Rungano Nyoni's surreal second feature.
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Festivals

Wild Diamond – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young woman with her heart set on social media stardom gets a shot at fame when she's offered an audition for a reality series in Agathe Riedinger's feature debut.
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Review

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – Miller you absolute mad man

by Hannah Strong

George Miller fires up his war rig and roars across the Australian outback once more, this time telling the origin story of the fearsome Imperator Furiosa.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Alice Rohrwacher: ‘The past must be a living thing’

by Hannah Strong

The Italian filmmaker on the magical mystery tour into the past that makes up her gorgeous latest, La Chimera.
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Review

The Idea of You review – a sultry unexpectedly entertaining romance

by Hannah Strong

Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old single mother who embarks on a torrid love affair with a 24-year-old pop star in Michael Showalter's schmaltzy but not without charm rom-com.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Fall Guy review – good stunts, appalling script

by Hannah Strong

In David Leitch's bombastic salute to the Hollywood stunt industry, Ryan Gosling becomes inadvertently embroiled in a nefarious plot while trying to regain the trust of his former lover.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Rose Glass: ‘Like every director, there’s a god complex somewhere’

by Hannah Strong

The director of the storming after hours classic-in-the-making, Love Lies Bleeding, on the strange worlds of crime and bodybuilding.
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Review

Love Lies Bleeding review – hot, dirty, fast, combustible

by Hannah Strong

Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brien are on fire as star-crossed lovers who get into a sweaty mess in Rose Glass's lurid '80s throwback thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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This Just In

The Crip Cinema Archive wants to change the way we think about disability in film

by Hannah Strong

Founded by Emily Simmons, this new project aims to provide an inclusive resource about the past, present and future of disability on and off screen.

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