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Review

The Hand of God

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pao­lo Sor­renti­no bares his soul in this auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal com­ing-of-age sto­ry about teenage obsessions.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Why I love Rachel Weisz’s performance in The Deep Blue Sea

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

In Ter­ence Davies’ post­war melo­dra­ma, she turns Hes­ter Col­ly­er into one of cinema’s great trag­ic heroines.
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Review

The Power of the Dog

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jane Campion’s claus­tro­pho­bic, slow-burn west­ern dials up the queer sub­text of Thomas Savage’s source novel.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Ana Lily Amir­pour returns with a blissed-out, tech­no-pow­ered riff on the time-hon­oured super­hero movie.
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Festivals

Sundown – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Mex­i­can cine-sadist Michel Fran­co returns with anoth­er craven­ly bleak dra­ma about life as a pageant of eter­nal suffering.
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Festivals

The Lost Daughter – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Olivia Col­man dis­plays her dark side in Mag­gie Gyl­len­haal’s sun-bleached psy­chodra­ma about moth­er­hood in crisis.
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Festivals

The Power of the Dog – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jane Cam­pi­on doesn’t so much dis­sect mas­culin­i­ty as explode it in her dirt-smudged adap­ta­tion of Thomas Savage’s western.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Elizabeth Olsen’s performance in Martha Marcy May Marlene

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Before she became a bona fide movie star, Olsen announced her­self as an actor with fear­less instincts in Sean Durkin’s direc­to­r­i­al debut.
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Festivals

Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Abdal­lah Al-Khatib’s extra­or­di­nary doc­u­men­tary cap­tures dai­ly life in the largest Pales­tin­ian refugee camp.
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Festivals

Bergman Island – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A mas­ter­ful dis­sec­tion of love, mem­o­ry and auto­bi­og­ra­phy from the ever-won­der­ful French mae­stro, Mia Hansen-Løve.