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Podcast

Black Bag + Cate Blanchett & Steven Soderbergh | Opus | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Under The Silver Lake (2018)

On Truth & Movies this week, we dis­cuss the taut thriller Black Bag and spoke to its star Cate Blanchett and direc­tor Steven Soder­bergh. We also review A24’s lat­est hor­ror movie Opus, hear the lat­est from the Thes­sa­loni­ki Film Fes­ti­val and final­ly, for film club, revis­it the sur­re­al­ist neo-noir Under The Sil­ver Lake.
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Festivals

Interview: Cate Blanchett and Matty Sidle

by David Jenkins

With already count­less strings to her act­ing bow, Cate Blanchett adds yet one more by star­ring in Mat­ty Sidle’s exper­i­men­tal com­ic short, Bozo Over Roses.
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Review

Rumours review – laughing while crying inside

by Josh Slater-Williams

Evan John­son, Galen John­son and Guy Maddin’s polit­i­cal satire pits world lead­ers against an unlike­ly cli­mate event.

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In Retrospect
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Festivals

Disclaimer – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Alfon­so Cuarón’s lim­it­ed series star­ring Cate Blanchett as a famous doc­u­men­tar­i­an with a dark secret is a sur­pris­ing show­case for Kevin Kline.
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Review

Borderlands review – rage-quit worthy video game slop

by Juan Barquin

Eli Roth’s slap­dash adap­ta­tion of the brash video game series is a joy­less slog despite the pres­ence of Cate Blanchett.

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In Retrospect
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Acting Up

Cate Blanchett’s battle for the blockbuster

by Victoria Luxford

As Cate Blanchett stars in Bor­der­lands, we sur­vey her var­i­ous for­ays into the world of high bud­get, high pro­file filmmaking.
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Review

The New Boy review – an ambitious undertaking by one of Australia’s best

by Charles Bramesco

A young arrival at an Aus­tralian nun­nery begins to exhib­it unusu­al pow­ers in War­wick Thorn­ton’s fan­tas­ti­cal drama.

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3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

The New Boy – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

War­wick Thornton’s spir­i­tu­al­ly-inclined Out­back dra­ma sees a name­less abo­rig­i­nal boy face off against Cate Blanchett’s anx­i­ety-prone nun.
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Review

Tár

by Ege Apaydın

Cate Blanchett is on top form as a con­duc­tor who expe­ri­ences a swift fall from grace in Todd Fields’ pierc­ing psychodrama.

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5
In Retrospect
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Review

Pinocchio

by Kambole Campbell

Guiller­mo del Toro final­ly realis­es his long-ges­tat­ing pas­sion project, with charm­ing results.

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In Retrospect