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Review

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 review – witless nonsense

by David Jenkins

Another unwatchable slasher dirge from the IP graverobbers behind 2023’s unlikely cause célèbre.

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Long Read

Wax Entertainment: How Invada Records pioneered a vinyl soundtrack boom

by Paul Weedon

Initially known for its experimental output, Bristol-based Invada Records has spent the last decade and a half carving a reputation for its carefully curated roster of film soundtracks.
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Review

The Dead Don’t Hurt review – elegiac and tenderly romantic

by David Jenkins

Viggo Mortensen’s sombre take on the western evokes some classic Clint Eastwood films.

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Review

Rosalie review – very simple and enjoyable

by Natasha Jagger

A young Frenchwoman in Brittany harbours a secret about her appearance until she marries a suitor interested in her dowry in this gentle period drama.

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Festivals

Dancing and different ways of seeing at Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival

by Xuanlin Tham

In the Scottish borders, this bold independent film festival champions new ways of seeing, with a 2024 focus on the work of Palestinian artist Noor Abed.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

The Beast | Gasoline Rainbow | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the wondrous sci-fi romantic thriller The Beast before delving into coming-of-age road trip movie Gasoline Rainbow and revisiting David Lynch’s Fire Walk With Me.
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Review

Gasoline Rainbow review – glows brightly

by Katherine McLaughlin

The Ross Brothers create a portrait of youth in revolt in their first fiction film.

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Review

The Beast review – a mind-boggling, sprawling romantic epic

by Hannah Strong

Across three timelines, a pair of lovers find each other again and again in Bertrand Bonello’s ambitious, genre-defying latest.

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The sublime short films of Derek Jarman, seen for the first time in decades

by Grace Dodd

Thanks to the efforts of the LUMA Foundation and Jarman’s friend James Mackay, a series of shorts produced by the pioneering filmmaker have been restored and screened for the first time in London.
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Home Ents

What to watch at home in May

by Anton Bitel

A gothic ghost story, a Tokyo love story and a Bob Hoskins classic are among the highlights headed for new editions this month.