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Film Preview Special

Now that Awards Season is finally drawing to a close its time to look forward at what the rest of the year has to offer. We’ll be discussing all the most exciting titles due to hit our screens in 2025.
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Review

The Last Showgirl review – dreamy and low-key to a fault

by Mark Asch

Pamela Anderson excels as an over-the-hill Vegas showgirl seeing out her notice period in this low-key, vibey backstage drama from Gia Coppola.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Tornado – first-look review

by David Jenkins

John ​“Slow West” Maclean returns with a Samurai-inspired heist thriller set in the English wilds – the eccentric results are mixed.
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Not Movies

Heightened Drama: Inside the operatic adaptation of Festen

by Blake Simons

Thomas Vinterberg’s 1998 drama finds its way to the Royal Opera House courtesy of an elaborate new reimagining – but how on earth do you adapt a Dogme 95 film into an opera?
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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.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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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.
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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.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect