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Review

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 review – Kevin Costner’s blood, sweat and tears

by Isaac Feldberg

In the first half of his epic passion project, Kevin Costner charts a cost across the vast expanse of the American west.

3
Anticipation
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3
In Retrospect
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Review

Bye Bye Tiberias review – gets under your skin and stays there

by Rógan Graham

Lina Soualem’s poignant new documentary traces the stories of four generations of Palestinian women in her family.

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4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou: ‘It’s a constant relationship’

by Hannah Strong

The co-writers of Kinds of Kindness reflect on their enduring partnership and putting their characters through the ringer.
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Review

Kinds of Kindness review – a salacious, sun-bleached fable

by David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos returns with his merry band to explore – in triptych form – all the funny and sick ways in which we entrap ourselves inside psychological prisons of our own making.

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Anticipation
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5
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Shopping ’til you drop: Paul W.S. Anderson’s anarchic debut at 30

by Fran Bowden

Three decades on from its release, this 90s thriller echoes the disenfranchisement of young people and sensationalisation of shoplifting.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

The Bikeriders | Green Border + Agnieszka Holland | The Wild One (1953)

This week we take a look at Jeff Nichol’s biker gang saga The Bikeriders and review the harrowing refugee drama Green Border. We also spoke to Green Border director Agnieszka Holland about her film and for film club we revisited The Wild One. 
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Home Ents

What to watch at home in June

by Anton Bitel

A maligned VR pioneer, a Powell and Pressburger gem and an Italian football thriller are headed for home ents this month.
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Review

Green Border review – brilliant and tense

by Charles Bramesco

A stirring depiction of the refugee situation in Europe, as Syrians fleeing war face harrowing interrogation at the Polish-Belarusian border.

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4
In Retrospect
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Review

Something in the Water review – not likely to make a splash

by Billie Walker

A bridal party find themselves sharing the ocean with an aquatic killer in Hayley Easton Street’s shark thriller.

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3
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Review

The Bikeriders review – a slow but enveloping saga

by Rógan Graham

Jeff Nichols’ drama based on Danny Lyon’s photobook about a 1960s Chicago motorcycle gang finally cruises into cinemas.

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3
In Retrospect