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Interviews

“The emotional part overwhelmed me” – Catherine Hardwicke on Thirteen at 20

by Simon Bland

Partially inspired by the turbulent home life of one of its stars, this hard-hitting coming-of-age drama still packs a punch – even for director and co-writer Catherine Hardwicke.
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Review

The Innocent review – pleasantly quirky romantic caper

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

A sullen aquarium worker becomes suspicious of his mother’s new husband in Louis Garrel’s pleasingly offbeat familial drama.

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How theatre kids finally found their spotlight

by Rehana Nurmahi

Talented, ambitious, and painfully earnest – the ​‘theatre kid’ has long been a source of cinematic ridicule. How did it come to this?
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Podcast

Oppenheimer | Cillian Murphy | 12 Angry Men (1957)

On Truth & Movies for Barbenheimer week, we’re doing two special episodes – one each for Gerwig and Nolan’s latest. We round up with an Oppenheimer, Nolan’s epic look at the life of one of the most brilliant and dangerous men to ever live. Host Leila Latif sat down with Cillian Murphy to discuss playing America’s Prometheus, and for film club we paired Oppenheimer with Murphy’s favourite element of the movie, 12 Angry Men.
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In Praise Of

Oldboy and the aesthetics of national trauma

by Anabelle Johnston

As Park Chan-wook’s seminal revenge thriller turns 20, it remains one of South Korean cinema’s most piercing political indictments.
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Podcast

Blue Beetle | EIFF | Lie With Me | Maurice (1987)

On Truth & Movies this week, DC launches a new superhero in the form of Blue Beetle. Host Leila Latif spoke to the team behind the Edinburgh Film Festival about their incredible line-up that runs from the 18th-23rd of August, and bringing the festival back after events in 2022 put its in jeopardy. We’ll also be reviewing French literary adaptation, Lie With Me and for Film Club, revisiting Merchant Ivory’s Maurice.
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Review

Strays review – tedious enough to make you hate dogs

by Hannah Strong

Abandoned by his owner, a happy-go-lucky terrier must learn to survive on the mean streets in this dire comedy, packed with poo jokes and crotch-bothering.

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Review

Blue Beetle review – a fairly decent time at the movies

by David Jenkins

DC plunders the musty vaults for material and comes up with a poppy Latino riff on the boilerplate superhero yarn.

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In Praise Of

Exploring Ousmane Sembène’s activist cinema at 100

by Henry Roberts

A new BFI season highlights the incredible cinematic legacy of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, who saw film as a tool to bring power to the people.
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Review

The Future Tense review – invigorating, droll essay film

by David Jenkins

Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy reflect on matters of cultural identity in this hopscotching journey through time, space and the Irish Sea.

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