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Trailers

Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled gets a stunning trailer

by Phil W Bayles

Elle Fan­ning, Kirsten Dun­st and Col­in Far­rell star in the director’s racy peri­od remake.
Close-up of a young woman with pensive, serious expression, staring directly at the camera with piercing blue eyes.
Review

The Trust

by Phil W Bayles

Eli­jah Wood and Nico­las Cage play a pair of crooked Las Vegas cops in this breezy heist caper.

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Fiery storm clouds over an arid, mountainous landscape with a spiralling symbol in the sky.
Review

Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

by Phil W Bayles

A mild­ly fas­ci­nat­ing look at the Land Art move­ment that emerged in the US dur­ing the ​’60s and ​’70s.

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A man speaking on a phone at a desk.
Review

The Divide

by Phil W Bayles

This insight­ful doc attempts to human­ise the inequal­i­ty debate, with intrigu­ing results.

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Two adults and a child stand together. The adults wear casual clothing - a black shirt and a teal dress. The child wears a white shirt. The adults have brown hair and the woman has a long, wavy hairstyle.

The Jungle Book is the melancholy coda to Jon Favreau’s Chef

by Phil W Bayles

The director’s recent col­lab­o­ra­tion with Dis­ney pro­vides a bit­ter­sweet tang to his sto­ry of a tal­ent­ed cook.
A smiling older man with grey hair and a white collared shirt.
Review

Boulevard

by Phil W Bayles

Robin Williams’ dour act­ing swan­song is an under­pow­ered dra­ma of sup­pressed sex­u­al frustration.

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Two individuals sitting at an elaborate, ornate table filled with decorative items and tableware in a dimly lit, opulent room.
Kinoteka Film Festival

Five films to see at the 2016 Kinoteka Film Festival

by Phil W Bayles

Three titans of Pol­ish cin­e­ma receive ret­ro­spec­tive strands at this year’s cel­e­bra­tion of Pol­ish cin­e­ma old and new.
Two people wearing sunglasses and holding film reels, seated in a dark setting.

3D can still be the saviour of cinema

by Phil W Bayles

Audi­ences have start­ed los­ing inter­est, but the tech­nol­o­gy still has the poten­tial to reshape the art­form as we know it.
Blonde woman with windswept hair smiling on a beach.

Eight great POV shots in the movies

by Phil W Bayles

Shoot ​’em up fren­zy Hard­core Hen­ry got us think­ing about oth­er mem­o­rable uses of first-per­son perspective.
Animated cartoon characters - a red cat and a Mexican-inspired figure - in a rustic interior with 'Casa Sweet Casa' sign.
Incoming

Could a Speedy Gonzales movie be the antidote to Donald Trump’s America?

by Phil W Bayles

The beloved Looney Toon is set to make his big screen bow cour­tesy of Warn­er Bros.
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Incoming

Everything we know about Blade Runner 2049

by Phil W Bayles

Check in with the con­tin­u­ing adven­tures of Rick Deckard and his cursed Repli­cant ilk.
Two women in elaborate period costumes, one in a light pink dress and the other in a silver gown, conversing in an ornate interior setting.
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Sofia Coppola is the perfect director to remake The Beguiled

by Phil W Bayles

Elle Fan­ning and Kirsten Dun­st are set to return for the director’s update of the 1971 Clint East­wood thriller.