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Review

I Am Martin Parr review – a one-sided artist portrait

by David Jenkins

An unapologetic hagiography of the famed British photographer whose work chronicles working class leisure time.

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Review

To A Land Unknown review – a brilliantly acted tale of moral complexity

by Marina Ashioti

Two Palestinian refugees navigate the seedy underbelly of Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s compelling fiction feature debut.

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Review

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – pleasant but forgettable

by Hannah Strong

Renée Zellweger dons her big knickers again as the frazzled heroine, this time getting her groove back after her husband’s death.

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In Praise Of

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: A Cure for the Ghosted

by Savina Petkova

After a cruel break-up, a writer finds comfort and relief in Michel Gondry’s offbeat 2004 romantic drama.
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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

In Twin Peaks

by Aaron Stewart-Ahn

Screenwriter, filmmaker and David Lynch disciple Aaron Stewart-Ahn reflects on growing up a stone’s throw from the setting of Lynch’s magnum opus, and what lies at the beating heart of all his creative work.
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Review

The People’s Joker – you have to see it to believe it

by Violet Lucca

A glorious, multifarious and modern rethink of the coming of age story as filtered through superhero movies, stand-up and the trans experience.

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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Bridget Jones: Mad About A Boy | To A Land Unknown | Divine Intervention (2002)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the return of Bridget Jones in Mad About A Boy and the Palestinian refugee thriller To A Land Unknown. Finally, for film club, we revisit Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention. 
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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Full of stars: The Straight Story

by Hannah Strong

David Lynch’s most unlikely feature examines the pain, regret, love and hope that makes life worth living.
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Review

Cottontail review – Lily Franky gives another stunning performance

by Josh Slater-Williams

Lily Franky stars in this tender tale about a father and son travelling from Tokyo to the Lake District to scatter his late wife’s ashes.

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Review

Heart Eyes review – a gimmicky horror fauxmance

by Billie Walker

Two youngsters come a cropper of a very particular masked maniac in Josh Ruben’s dismal horror-romance mash-up.

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