Contributor Lena Hanafy

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In Praise Of

Why Atonement remains a great modern film about love and war

by Lena Hanafy

Joe Wright’s World War Two-era romance is a beautiful story of a young couple torn apart by fate.
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Women In Film

A brief history of women in World War Two movies

by Lena Hanafy

These films show the different ways women joined the war effort, often away from the home front.
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Review

Dancer

by Lena Hanafy

This solid doc tells the the rags to riches back to rags back to riches tale of ballet-dancing bad boy, Sergei Polunin.

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3
In Retrospect
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Incoming

Bryan Cranston is starring in a stage adaptation of Network

by Lena Hanafy

He’ll play Howard Beale in a brand new National Theatre production.
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Incoming

Michael Bay is producing a dystopian thriller about Trump’s America

by Lena Hanafy

Will Little America be a case of the blind leading the blind?
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Incoming

Terrence Malick’s World War Two drama is finally taking shape

by Lena Hanafy

Matthias Schoenaerts and Bruno Ganz are among the cast of the director’s upcoming film Radegund.
Trailers

Watch the gory first trailer for teen cannibal horror Raw

by Lena Hanafy

Juila Ducournau’s thrilling first feature offers a fresh take on a stale genre.
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Review

The Young Offenders

by Lena Hanafy

Director Peter Foott strikes comedy gold with this Irish coming-of-age story, as innovative as it is charming.

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3
In Retrospect
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A vital new documentary dares to say love your body

by Lena Hanafy

Embrace shows the widespread damage societal pressures are having on image perception.
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Incoming

The T2 Trainspotting soundtrack has been announced

by Lena Hanafy

Featuring a remix of ‘Lust For Life’ by our old friends The Prodigy.
Trailers

St Vincent has directed a horror movie

by Lena Hanafy

Female-driven anthology feature XX is making its way to Park City for a Sundance premiere.
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Incoming

The Coen brothers make first foray into TV with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

by Lena Hanafy

Their ambitious new project is being described as a ‘western anthology’.

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