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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.
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.
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. 
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.
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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Journeys

Nostalgia folding in upon itself: A visit to Wong Kar-wai’s Bangkok

by april forrest lin 林森

A writer reflects on retracing the steps of Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in Thailand’s capital, many years after In The Mood For Love.
In Heaven Everything Is Fine

Desire Wore Blue Velvet

by Jourdain Searles

Jourdain Searles reflects on the power dynamics at play in David Lynch’s seductive 1986 thriller.

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