Contributor Natasha Jagger

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Review

Vermiglio review – a hushed yet effectively emotive drama

by Natasha Jagger

Set in 1944, Maura Delpero’s Italian drama presents a complex familial portrait against the backdrop of a remote Alpine village.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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How MediCinema brings the magic of movies to hospital patients

by Natasha Jagger

Based inside various hospitals across the UK, MediCinema recognises the power of movies for people undergoing medical treatment.
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Review

Girls Will Be Girls review – sympathetic to teendom

by Natasha Jagger

Shuchi Talati's sensitive Sundance sensation focuses on a teenage girl in North India who experiences first love amid clashing with her mother.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Rosalie review – very simple and enjoyable

by Natasha Jagger

A young Frenchwoman in Brittany harbours a secret about her appearance until she marries a suitor interested in her dowry in this gentle period drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Score

by Natasha Jagger

Writer/director Malachi Smyth's feature debut is a musical heist film that struggles to strike the right chord.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Velvet Queen

by Natasha Jagger

Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier track the elusive endangered Tibetan snow leopard in this poetic wildlife documentary.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Incoming

Who is Cate Shortland and why has she directed a Marvel movie?

by Natasha Jagger

How this talented Australian indie director ended up helming one of the year’s biggest blockbusters.
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Women In Film

Why are there so few female film composers?

by Natasha Jagger

We list six great composers who aren’t one of the small pool of men who seem to get all the big composing gigs in Hollywood.

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