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In Praise Of

In praise of Stan Brakhage’s most disturbing film document

by Tyler Thier

This Halloween, no body horror fiction can compare to the haunting revelations of Brakhage’s 32-minute film The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes.
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Review

Heretic review – Hugh Grant is a horror natural

by Leila Latif

Two Mormon missionaries get more than they bargained for when they drop in on Hugh Grant in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ effective psychological horror.

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Interviews

‘I watched the film crash and burn at the box office’ – Jang Joon-hwan on Save The Green Planet!

by James Balmont

The director of the cult classic Korean wave sci-fi comedy reflects on his wild debut two decades on, and the forthcoming remake from Yorgos Lanthimos.
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Review

Matt and Mara review – a sharp dramedy with magnetic leads

by Hannah Strong

Two college friends reunite and reconsider the trajectory of their lives in Kazik Radwanski’s keenly observed relationship comedy-drama.

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Review

The Front Room review – a strangely scatalogical chamber piece

by Patrick Sproull

Theatre legend Kathryn Hunter camps it up as a sinister old biddy terrorising her daughter-in-law Brandy Norwood in the horror debut from Max and Sam Eggers.

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In Retrospect
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Interviews

Mati Diop: ‘We’re witnessing an awakening of consciousness’

by Rógan Graham

The maker of the remarkable prizewinning docu-essay hybrid, Dahomey, on the film’s urgent anti-colonial message.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Venom: The Last Dance | The Room Next Door | Dahomey

On Truth & Movies this week there are three very different new releases being discussed. First up, Tom Hardy returns for Venom : The Last Dance. We then talk all things Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door and Mati Diop’s Dahomey.
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Review

Venom: The Last Dance review – air-headed escapism

by David Jenkins

Tom Hardy seems tired and confused in this comic book sci-fi sequel that hasn’t got an original bone in its alien symbiote body.

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Review

Emilia Pérez review – a musical that barely wants to be a musical

by Juan Barquin

This ghastly musical melodrama from Jacques Audiard tells of a Mexican cartel boss’ gender affirming surgery.

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Not Movies

Deciphering Don Hertzfeldt’s ME

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The latest short film from the independent animation legend is an elusive oddity even by Don Hertzfeldt’s standards.