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Venice Film Festival

La Grazia – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest tries to recapture the unruly political bite of his early films, with mixed results.
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Review

Caught Stealing review – Darren Aronofsky gets back in the New York groove

by Marshall Shaffer

Darren Aronofsky taps into his inner New Yorker with a solidly entertaining 1998-set crime thriller starring Austin Butler as his Hitchcockian wrong man.

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In Praise Of

Sex and the City 2 and the end of America

by Hugo Emmerzael

The final film in the iconic franchise celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Although critically reviled, it serves as a fascinating timecapsule of the early 2010s. 
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Review

The Roses review – Cumberbatch and Colman's chemistry peaks

by Leila Latif

Jay Roach reimagines The War of the Roses and leaves us yearning for an era when mid-budget, starry comedies weren’t such an endangered species.

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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 109: A Tilda Swinton Reader – Out now!

Take an adventure through the eclectic career of artist and performer Tilda Swinton in our special issue. 
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Acting Up

The extreme vulnerability of Joaquin Phoenix

by Sonya Vseliubska

One of the most distinctive actors of his generation has made unabashed commitment to his craft his signature – in Ari Aster he might have met his match.
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Review

The Life Of Chuck review – soliloquy soup

by Billie Walker

Mike Flanagan returns with yet another Stephen King adaptation, but is too busy posturing to offer anything truly substantial.

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2
In Retrospect
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Review

Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk review – we must keep Fatma Hassona's memory alive

by Marina Ashioti

Sepideh Farsi’s video calls with the late Palestinian photographer Fatma Hassona vividly document daily life in Gaza under Israel’s unrelenting violence.

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Review

The Regulars review – sweet and relatable

by Oscar Aitchison

Cinema duty manager-turned-filmmaker Fil Freitas chronicles a fictionalised day in the life of the Prince Charles Cinema staff.

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Review

Young Mothers review – jumps from dramatic peak to dramatic peak

by Mark Asch

Belgium’s Dardenne brothers return with a typically emotive film about a group of very young women dealing with the dramas of childbirth.

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In Retrospect

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