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Partnership

The Decadent Splendour of The Great Beauty

by Leonardo Goi

Pao­lo Sorrentino’s Felli­ni-esque jour­ney through mod­ern-day Rome trans­forms the Eter­nal City into a liv­ing, breath­ing char­ac­ter of unpar­al­leled grandeur.
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Podcast

Julie Keeps Quiet + Leonardo Van Dijl | April | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

On Truth & Movies this week, we dis­cuss pow­er dynam­ics at play in Julie Keeps Qui­et and spoke to its direc­tor Leonar­do Van Dijl. We also review the abor­tion dra­ma April and its pre­de­ces­sor, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
Young woman in white top and black trousers practising martial arts moves in a gym.
Review

Julie Keeps Quiet review – a slick, steely piece of storytelling

by David Jenkins

A young ten­nis star refus­es to open about an abu­sive coach in Leonar­do Van Dijl’s impres­sive fea­ture debut.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Young woman in white top and black trousers practising martial arts moves in a gym.
Festivals

Julie Keeps Quiet – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A young ten­nis star refus­es to open about an abu­sive coach in Leonar­do Van Dijl’s impres­sive fea­ture debut.
Two people embrace, a man and a woman, both smiling. The image is in black and white.
Review

Maestro review – as heady and bombastic as a golden-age Hollywood musical

by Lillian Crawford

Bradley Coop­er soars in this lov­ing­ly craft­ed biopic of leg­endary com­pos­er Leonard Bernstein.

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Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Group of women in traditional Spanish clothing, seated around a table with various accessories like fans, shawls, and hats. Vibrant red, pink, and brown colour scheme with intricate patterns and textures.
Review

Killers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s prestige epic

by David Jenkins

Mar­tin Scorsese’s wist­ful remem­brance of tragedies that befell the Osage nation is a film of high seri­ous­ness and low spectacle.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people embrace, a man and a woman, both smiling. The image is in black and white.
Festivals

Maestro – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Bradley Coop­er’s much-fet­ed dra­ma about leg­endary com­pos­er and con­duc­tor Leonard Bern­stein proves an under­whelm­ing exer­cise in by-the-book bio­graph­i­cal drama.
A man with a beard and glasses stands at a whiteboard, holding a laptop and pointing to the board with a marker.
Review

Don’t Look Up

by Hannah Strong

Leonar­do DiCaprio and Jen­nifer Lawrence tack­le a cli­mate emer­gency in Adam McKay’s uneven, star-stud­ded dramedy.

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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
A man and woman in formal attire embrace intimately, their faces close together, against a backdrop of metal panels.
Review

West Side Story

by David Jenkins

Steven Spiel­berg comes a‑cropper in this stiff and soul­less revamp of the clas­sic Leonard Bern­stein barnstormer.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, working together at a computer in a dimly lit room, with various electronic devices and screens visible in the background.
Incoming

Watch Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in the Don’t Look Up trailer

by Charles Bramesco

They’re part of an ensem­ble cast includ­ing Meryl Streep and Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met in Adam McKay’s cli­mate change satire.