Contributor Hannah Strong

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Review

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – pleasant but forgettable

by Hannah Strong

Renée Zellweger dons her big knickers again as the frazzled heroine, this time getting her groove back after her husband's death.

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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Full of stars: The Straight Story

by Hannah Strong

David Lynch's most unlikely feature examines the pain, regret, love and hope that makes life worth living.
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Review

Bring Them Down review – a chilling neo-western

by Hannah Strong

Tensions reach fever pitch in a rural Irish farming community in Christopher Andrews' fierce feature debut.

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Review

Companion review – no thrills, only spills in this AI apologia

by Hannah Strong

Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid star as a young couple whose weekend away uncovers difficult truths about their relationship in Drew Hancock's sci-fi thriller.

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Interviews

Brady Corbet: ‘It’s a fucking film’

by Hannah Strong

The maverick writer/director espouses the need to stick behind your aesthetic and creative ideals at all costs.
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Review

The Brutalist review – gorgeous, capital-C Cinema

by Hannah Strong

Adrien Brody is phenomenal in Brady Corbet's sublime three-and-a-half hour drama, as a Jewish architect arrives in post-war America to a hostile new world.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Babygirl review – intelligent, elegant adult filmmaking

by Hannah Strong

Halina Reijn's psychodrama sees Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson go toe-to-toe as a CEO and an intern who become embroiled in a complex illicit affair.

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Review

Maria review – a tender eulogy for a remarkable talent

by Hannah Strong

Angelina Jolie has never been better as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, captured in the final week of her life by Pablo Larraín's elegant biographical drama.

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Review

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl review – an Aardman banger

by Hannah Strong

The eccentric inventor and his incredibly patient pooch return in a new adventure from Aardman Animation.

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Review

Better Man review – chimply irresistible

by Hannah Strong

Ridiculously enjoyable Robbie Williams biopic with the bold gambit of having a CG-chimpanzee in the title role paying off handsomely.

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