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Top Ranking

28 Ways Later

by Juan Barquin, Mark Asch, Esther Rosenfield, Hannah Strong, Daniel Schindel, Jake Cole

We exam­ine how the UK’s trag­ic demise at the hands of the rage virus might have impact­ed the wider world.
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Podcast

F1 + Joseph Kosinski | M3GAN 2.0 | Speed Racer (2008)

On Truth & Movies this week, we dis­cuss the high speed block­buster F1 and spoke to its direc­tor Joseph Kosin­s­ki. Next up we review the hor­ror sequel M3GAN 2.0 and final­ly, for film club, revis­it 2008’s Speed Racer.
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In Praise Of

Brats in Bondage: Lessons in defiance from Tank Girl

by Riley Rogers

Thir­ty years on, the defi­ant desert dweller can teach us how to kick back against dystopia.
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Review

Chicken Town review – how do you make a granddad selling weed boring?

by Thomas Boyd

Two school­friends join forces with an old man who acci­den­tal­ly start­ed grow­ing weed on his allot­ment in Richard Bracewell’s painful­ly unfun­ny comedy.

3
Anticipation
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Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
M3gan in a beige outfit standing in dimly lit room with lamps.
Review

M3gan 2.0 review – a silly sequel shooting for action grandeur

by Kambole Campbell

The bot is back in this wink­ing AI-themed caper movie which goes all out to expand the lore of the M3GAN universe. 

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3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Journeys

Peter Cushing lives forever in Whitstable

by Sarah Morgan

Thir­ty-one years after his death, the hor­ror vet­er­an remains as pop­u­lar as ever, as a very spe­cial trip to his sea­side home revealed.
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Review

Sudan, Remember Us review – extremely powerful stuff

by Leila Latif

Hind Meddeb’s doc­u­men­tary poignant­ly cap­tures the activist spir­it of post-rev­o­lu­tion Sudan.

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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

From Hilde, With Love review – too staid to make an impact

by Laura Venning

Andreas Dresen’s Nazi Ger­many-set biopic on resis­tance fight­ers Hilde and Hans Cop­pi fails to do their sto­ry justice.

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3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Hard Craft

Who gets to be on the big screen?

by Emily Maskell

Cast­ing direc­tor Lucy Pardee lifts the lid on her lat­est project, Lol­lipop, and work­ing in the cast­ing industry. 
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Partnership

The Existential Chic of La Notte

by Pamela Hutchinson

Michelan­ge­lo Antonioni’s Milanese mar­i­tal dra­ma uses sleek, geo­met­ric com­po­si­tions to reflect the mod­ernist cou­ple and the city at its centre.