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Review

Femme review – an uninhibited, spikey portrait of revenge

by Emily Maskell

After being the vic­tim of a vio­lent homo­pho­bic attack, a young drag per­former sees an oppor­tu­ni­ty to get revenge on one of his tormentors.

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Review

Eileen review – an impressively crafted noir

by Katherine McLaughlin

A shy young prison guard devel­ops an infat­u­a­tion with her work­place’s new psy­chi­a­trist in William Oldroy­d’s twisty new thriller.

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Partnership

The strange and beautiful world of Aki Kaurismäki

by David Jenkins

In cel­e­bra­tion of the release of Fall­en Leaves, we guide you through the world of Finland’s cine-beat poet extraordinaire.
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Review

Lost In The Night review – violent drama hampered by convention

by David Jenkins

Mex­i­can provo­ca­teur Amat Escalante makes a half-cocked bid for main­stream respectabil­i­ty in this intrigu­ing tale of a young man’s tor­rid search for his miss­ing mother.

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Review

The Eternal Daughter review – double your Tilda, double your pleasure

by Catherine Bray

Til­da Swin­ton plays both moth­er and daugh­ter in Joan­na Hog­g’s eerie and effec­tive explo­ration of par­ent-child relationships.

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Review

Give Me Pity! review – an experimental, esoteric extravaganza

by Marina Ashioti

A young wom­an’s dream gig on tele­vi­sion descends into chaos in Aman­da Kramer’s imag­i­na­tive new melodrama.

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This Just In

Little Women: the trials of girlhood in contemporary cinema

by Meg Walters

With more and more women tak­ing an active role in film pro­duc­tion, depic­tions of young women are chang­ing. What can they tell us about the mod­ern world?
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What's On

Put on your red shoes and dance: the enduring euphoria of Powell & Pressburger

by Lillian Crawford

A new sea­son organ­ised by the BFI in part­ner­ship with Thel­ma Schoon­mak­er brings many clas­sic Pow­ell & Press­burg­er films – includ­ing new restora­tions – to the big screen once more.
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Not Movies

Inside the strange, enthusiastic world of YouTube’s fake trailer community

by Kyle MacNeill

For the last decade, a small group of video edi­tors have spent hours toil­ing over con­cept trail­ers, delight­ing and dup­ing fans eager to catch a sneak peek of an upcom­ing film.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Abbas Kiarostami’s Homework

by Nadine Mamoon

More than three decades after it was made, this land­mark work defies clas­si­fi­ca­tion – a por­trait of young peo­ple caught between war­ring coun­tries, attempt­ing to have a typ­i­cal childhood.