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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
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Rumours + Guy Maddin | On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | The Exterminating Angel (1962)

On Truth & Movies this week, we dis­cuss the unpre­dictable satire of apoc­a­lyp­tic black com­e­dy Rumours and spoke to one of its direc­tors, Guy Maddin. We also reviewed the won­der­ful fem­i­nist tale of On Becom­ing A Guinea Fowl and final­ly, for film club, we revis­it 1962’s The Exter­mi­nat­ing Angel.
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Review

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl review – searing and disorientating

by Hannah Strong

The death of a beloved uncle in a mid­dle-class Zam­bian fam­i­ly brings some dif­fi­cult truths to light in Rungano Nyoni’s sur­re­al sec­ond feature.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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The transportive beauty of modern magical realism

by Nadia Maria Oliva

In two of 2024’s best films – Bird and On Becom­ing A Guinea Fowl – real­i­ty blurs with fan­ta­sy when the world becomes too cru­el to stand.
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Festivals

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

The death of a beloved uncle in a mid­dle-class Zam­bian fam­i­ly brings some dif­fi­cult truths to light in Rungano Nyoni’s sur­re­al sec­ond feature.