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Review

Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life

by Courteney Tan

The mas­ter cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er behind films by Woody Allen and Wim Wen­ders is remem­bered in this fond and nos­tal­gic hagiography.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Victim (1961)

by David Jenkins

A wel­come re-release of Basil Dearden’s chill­ing sur­vey of life as a gay man in Lon­don of the ear­ly ​’60s.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man in a brown coat standing amongst sandbags in a military setting.
Review

Dunkirk

by Adam Woodward

Christo­pher Nolan’s breath­tak­ing his­tor­i­cal opus attempts to give the view­er a taste of what war actu­al­ly feels like.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two colourful cartoon cars racing on a winding road at sunset, with dramatic lighting and motion blur effects.
Review

Cars 3

by Elena Lazic

This lat­est Pixar sequel is a dig­i­tal­ly-ren­dered block­buster which cel­e­brates the joys of the ana­logue world.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Chasing Coral

by Catherine Pearson

Jeff Orlowski’s doc­u­men­tary explores why the world’s coral reefs are dying at an alarm­ing rate.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, wearing formal attire and standing in a lavish, ornate setting with a candelabra.
Review

The Beguiled

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sofia Coppola’s steamy South­ern pot­boil­er is her most arrest­ing and assured movie to date.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two men wearing furs, one with a long beard, in deep conversation against a red backdrop.
Review

The Death of Louis XIV

by David Jenkins

The great Jean-Pierre Leaud is at his comi-trag­ic best in this human­ist por­trait of a dying monarch.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Elderly man painting a large red cross on a white canvas in a dimly lit room.
Review

David Lynch: The Art Life

by Anton Bitel

The cult film­mak­er reflects on his remark­able career in this com­pelling docu-portrait.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A group of people riding horses through a snowy, forested landscape with mountains in the background.
Review

War for the Planet of the Apes

by David Jenkins

The think­ing person’s block­buster fran­chise returns with big emo­tions, incred­i­ble effects but very lit­tle to actu­al­ly say.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man with curly blonde hair in a grey coat, looking thoughtfully into the distance.
Review

Tommy’s Honour

by Courteney Tan

A feath­erlight look at one of the pio­neers of golf in this quaint, unde­mand­ing sport-themed biography.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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