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Review

April review – eerily elusive, superbly acted and crafted

by Rafa Sales Ross

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s stark Georgian drama follows an obstetrician who moonlights as an abortionist, as she is accused of interfering with her patients.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Spectacles of suffering and fascism in cinema

by Sam Moore

Across the cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Guillermo del Toro and Brady Corbet, the evils of fascism come to light in horrifying detail.
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Scene Report

Inside the cinema hidden beneath a London pub

by Lee Wakefield

Nestled beneath a local boozer in Lewisham, there’s a lovingly restored, 86-seat cinema waiting to be discovered.
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Podcast

Sinners | Grand Tour | Ganja & Hess (1972)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the subject of the latest issue Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and then review Grand Tour from the portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes. Finally, for film club, we revisit Bill Gunn’s elegant vampiric romance Ganja & Hess.
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Interviews

Ryan Coogler: ‘I’m more confident in my film language than I am in my English’

by Kambole Campbell

Ryan Coogler reflects on developing a story rooted in personal passions with his grand, IMAX-shot thriller, Sinners.
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Review

The Penguin Lessons review – think Dead Penguins Society

by David Jenkins

Steve Coogan co-stars with a penguin in this gentle dramedy from Peter Cattaneo that never quite matches up to the true story.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Acting Up

How Matthew Macfadyen remade Mr. Darcy

by Hannah Benson

In Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Matthew Macfadyen managed to breathe new life into an iconic literary love interest. How did he do it?
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Inside the academic conference taking Terrifier back to school

by Barney Nuttall

A forthcoming conference seeks to position the ultraviolent horror franchise within academia – what might we learn from Art the Clown?
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The empty showboat of cinematic one-shots

by Finlay Spencer

Netflix’s chart-topping Adolescence is the latest in a long line of single-take stories. But would it be any worse off with a trip to the cutting room?
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Can we make greening the film industry sexy?

by Ben Smoke

It’s not easy being green, but the Green Rider initiative aims to engage Hollywood’s biggest names with making changes to filmmaking that could help reduce the film industry’s carbon footprint.