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Thelma + June Squibb & Josh Margolis | Crossing + Levan Akin | Nebraska (2013)

On Truth & Movies this week, June Squibb takes on her first starring role in Thelma and we spoke to the legend herself and the film’s director Josh Margolin. Istanbul becomes a battleground for trans rights in Crossing. And on Film club its more June Squibb in Alexander Payne’s road movie Nebraska. 
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Review

Shayda review – a moving, necessary picture

by Madeleine Wilson

Noora Niasari’s tender drama follows a mother and her six-year-old daughter who take shelter at a women’s refuge after fleeing an abusive marriage.

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Acting Up

Everybody Wants Him: The persuasive star power of Glen Powell

by Gayle Sequeira

From an average anatomy baseball player to a sarcastic personal assistant, Hollywood’s newly anointed man of the moment appears to have figured out the formula for success.
Three people in an old van: a woman, a middle-aged man, and a younger man with a moustache.
Review

Twisters review – cloudy with a chance of scattered narrative

by Hannah Strong

This sequel to the 1996 disaster blockbuster sees a new group of storm chasers set out to tame a tornado, but the results don’t exactly blow us away.

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Review

blur: To The End review – flails for a sense of narrative closure

by Callie Petch

The latest documentary about the Britpop comeback kings sadly doesn’t reveal much that we didn’t already know from previous film outings.

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Review

Crossing review – sensitive and soulful

by Hannah Strong

A retired Georgian teacher sets out to reunite with her estranged niece in Istanbul in Levan Akin’s compassionate third feature.

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Review

Thelma review – June Squibb finally gets her starring role

by Hannah Strong

June Squibb is a delight in this sweet comedy about an irrepressible 93-year-old who won’t take being scammed lying down.

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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
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Longlegs + Oz Perkins | In A Violent Nature | Man Bites Dog (1992)

On Truth & Movies it’s not a week for the fainthearted as we discuss the 90’s set horror Longlegs and spoke to its director Oz Perkins. We also review impressively gnarly slasher In A Violent Nature and on film club return to the nihilistic violence of Man Bites Dog.
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Review

Sleep review – Jason Yu has the juice

by Josh Slater-Williams

A newlywed couple are haunted by sleepless nights in Jason Yu’s confident, darkly humorous debut feature.

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Review

Longlegs review – a harrowing serial killer thriller

by Hannah Strong

A rookie FBI agent with psychic abilities hunts down a ruthless serial killer in Osgood Perkins’ thoroughly unnerving, fantastically odd horror.

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