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Review

Passages review – a tantalising romantic car-crash

by David Jenkins

Ira Sachs returns with an inti­mate, intense three-han­der about a Fass­binder-like film direc­tor played by the great Franz Rogowski.

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In Retrospect
Two women seated on a white bench, one wearing a floral dress and the other a blue jacket and purple dress.
Review

Frankie

by Laura Venning

Writer/​director Ira Sachs miss­es a trick with this ambling fam­i­ly dra­ma set in a pic­turesque Por­tuguese town.

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In Retrospect
Two people, a man with curly hair and a woman, standing in front of a red brick wall.
Review

Little Men

by Trevor Johnston

Writer/​director Ira Sachs strikes movie gold with this every­day epic about the mak­ing of masculinity.

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In Retrospect
Two men in casual attire, one with a beard, the other with glasses, engaged in conversation.
Review

Love Is Strange

by David Jenkins

The amaz­ing chem­istry between the two leads of this gay NY romance is sad­ly brushed to the side.

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