Contributor Simran Hans

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Festivals

Pioneering women at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2017

by Simran Hans

A programming strand dedicated to female perspectives was a highlight of this year’s festival.
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In Praise Of

In praise of 9 to 5 and the ’80s career woman

by Simran Hans

How a socialist feminist fantasy kickstarted a trend for female-fronted mainstream comedies.
Trailers

David Fincher’s Mindhunter gets a noir-tinged first trailer

by Simran Hans

This new detective series looks like another gripping detective thriller from the director.
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Review

The Fits

by Simran Hans

Anna Rose Holmer’s sparkling directorial debut offers a fresh take on female coming-of-age.

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Festivals

Is this the world’s most lavish film festival?

by Simran Hans

At the Marrakech International Film Festival, champagne flows freely and stars fill the sky.
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Obama Era Cinema

Mike Drop – How Channing Tatum and President Obama redrew the template for masculinity

by Simran Hans

Simran Hans considers the link between two of America’s most prominent and progressive leading men.
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Women In Film

100 great female comedy performances – part 1

by Simran Hans

A tribute to some of the most memorable comic turns from women actors, featuring an immortal Meryl Streep.
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Review

Couple in a Hole

by Simran Hans

Kate Dickie and Paul Higgins star in this slow-burning woodland drama from director Tom Geens.

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Review

Still Alice

by Simran Hans

Julianne Moore’s Oscar-winning performance as a linguist with Alzheimer’s essays the evaporation of an intellectual identity.

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Review

Red Army

by Simran Hans

The story of how the Soviet Union became an ice hockey powerhouse is weighed down by political subtext.

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Review

3 1⁄2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

by Simran Hans

Moving social commentary is undermined by director Marc Silver’s storytelling insufficiencies.

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Review

The Theory of Everything

by Simran Hans

Love is the key in this stylish, slightly fusty rendering of the courtship between Stephen Hawking and his first wife, Jane.

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