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Not Movies

How Mouthwashing continues Alien’s condemnation of worker exploitation

by Alex Masse

Taking cues from Ridley Scott’s juggernaut, Mouthwashing is a fascinating game about worker exploitation and the violence of the patriarchy.
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Review

Mickey 17 review – gross and heartwarming in equal measure

by Hannah Strong

Robert Pattinson stars as a so-called expendable in Bong Joon Ho’s hotly anticipated follow-up to Parasite, facing off against perma-tanned megalomaniacs and croissant-shaped creatures.

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Not Movies

Has WWE become another cog in the Netflix machine?

by Sam Moore

As WWE enters its Netflix Era, there’s an awful lot of ​“brand synergy” – and it’s becoming a distraction.
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Long Read

This city is our playground: A drive-by of Grand Theft Auto machinima

by Olivia Popp

Grand Theft Hamlet might be the highest profile film made inside Rockstar’s flagship franchise, but it’s certainly not the first – join us on a cruise through San Andreas Cinema.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

The Monkey + Oz Perkins & Theo James | I’m Still Here | September Says

On Truth & Movies this week we review three new releases. First up it’s the horror comedy The Monkey and we spoke to its director Oz Perkins and star Theo James. Next we tackle the horrors of 1970’s Brazil in Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here. Finally, we review Irish coming-of-age tale September Says
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Review

I’m Still Here review – memory as resistance

by Rafa Sales Ross

Walter Salles returns to narrative filmmaking with a sensitive depiction of the forced disappearance of former congressman Rubens Paiva, and the devastation his family faced.

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Review

September Says review – uncanny and tender

by Hannah Strong

Two sisters share an unshakable bond in Ariane Labed’s uniquely strange feature debut.

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Making Sense of Life Without Her: On Chantal Akerman

by Esmé Holden

A reflection on trying to make sense of the senseless, through the work of a Belgian master.
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Review

The Monkey review – Theo James goes ape

by Hannah Strong

A cheeky monkey with a violent streak gets Theo James in all sorts of trouble in Osgood Perkins’ bloodthirsty horror based on a Stephen King short story.

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In Praise Of

Yi Yi, or Y2K

by Mick Gaw

Edward Yang’s 2000 masterpiece about a middle-class family in Taipei might be the defining film of the millennium.