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Merchant Ivory review – an affectionate yet shallow biodoc

by Marina Ashioti

Stephen Soucy delves into the cre­ative and per­son­al part­ner­ship of Ismail Mer­chant and James Ivory which pro­duced some of Britain’s great­est lit­er­ary adaptations.

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In Retrospect
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One Life review – protect Anthony Hopkins at all costs

by Adam Woodward

Antho­ny Hop­kins is sen­sa­tion­al in James Hawes’ oth­er­wise fair­ly con­ven­tion­al biopic of Nicholas Win­ton, who was respon­si­ble for res­cu­ing hun­dreds of Jew­ish chil­dren from Nazi-occu­pied Czechoslovakia.

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Suffragette

by David Jenkins

Strong moments and sin­cere intent can’t save Sarah Gavron’s shape­less take on the plight of the Suffragettes.

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Cinederella

by David Jenkins

Ken­neth Branagh’s refresh­ing, irony-free retelling of Cin­derel­la with Down­town Abbey’s Lily James slid­ing on the glass slipper.

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The King’s Speech

by Matt Bochenski

Not just one of the most enter­tain­ing British films in years, but one of the most intrigu­ing, too.

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Alice in Wonderland

by Anton Bitel

Tim Bur­ton has always been a visu­al sto­ry­teller and his Alice is a source of visu­al wonder.

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