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simon cellan jones with mark wahlberg and michelle monaghan on set of the family plan 2
Interviews

“Keeping the Family Together”: Simon Cellan Jones on The Family Plan 2

With 2023’s The Family Plan, director Simon Cellan Jones delivered a warm, unexpectedly heartfelt action-comedy about…

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Laura Potier November 21, 2025
interviewee in the 2025 documentary time capsule film the passengers
Film Reviews

The Passengers review – a startlingly honest time capsule documentary

A stunning snapshot in time.

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Laura Potier September 1, 2025
brad pitt and damson idris in f1 film
Film Reviews

F1 Movie review – Brad Pitt races ahead in high-octane ride

Brad Pitt hits the gas in F1, a slick, high-speed adrenaline fantasy that’s essentially Joseph Kosinski’s Top…

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Laura Potier June 25, 2025
neal mcdonough in the last rodeo
Film Reviews

The Last Rodeo review – a stumbling ride through family, faith, and pride

The Last Rodeo bucks its potential.

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Laura Potier June 8, 2025
vickz and bizzy in a-town boyz
Film Reviews

A-Town Boyz review – unfiltered, unresolved, and unflinching

An unflinching, unresolved look at the lives of Atlanta’s Asian-American youths.

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Laura Potier May 21, 2025
gorillas holding hands in documentary escape from extinction rewilding
Film Reviews

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding review – Meryl Streep narrates a superficial but hopeful doc

A surface-level yet hopeful primer on the many rewilding strategies that may save the planet.

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Laura Potier May 20, 2025
taz skylar and daisy ridley in still from the cleaner by martin campbell
Interviews

Taz Skylar on Cleaner: Blacked-Out Car Scripts, Tattoos, and the Modern Antihero

InCleaner, a tense, thought-provoking thriller from director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), former special forces soldier Joey…

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Laura Potier May 2, 2025
ke huy quan as marvin in love hurts
Film Reviews

Love Hurts review – an action-filled comedy with a romantic twist

Love Hurts unites Academy Award winners Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose.

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Hannah Skjellum-Salmon March 13, 2025
nina conti in sunlight 2024
Film Reviews

Sunlight review – a road trip comedy about silliness, suicide and simians

A strange but fascinating road trip comedy, Sunlight is about a film where you can step into being somebody else – evan a giant business-minded monkey.

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James Hanton August 19, 2024
still from iranian film A shrine (2024) at edinburgh international film festival
Film Reviews

A Shrine review – a moving story of morals and consequences

A Shrine by Abdolreza Kahani is a contemplative drama that looks at a delicate ethical dilemma with the grace and simplicity of approach that it deserves.

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James Hanton August 19, 2024
still of orlando: my political biography
Film Reviews

Orlando: My Political Biography review – a breathtaking film about transgender experiences

Orlando: My Political Biography by Paul B. Preciado is a stunning and provocative look at transgender lives through the lense of Virginia Woolf.

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James Hanton July 23, 2024
film still of sorcery 2024
Film Reviews

Sorcery review – a mysterious drama grappling with colonialism and faith

Christopher Murray’s eerie and sombre drama Sorcery is an enchanting look at identity and heritage in the face of colonial violence and crises of faith.

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James Hanton June 24, 2024
The French Dispatch story 1 The Concrete Masterpiece chapter title card
Deep Dive

Chapters and fragmentation in epics: is cinema giving up on linear storytelling?

Hulking epics are out, episodic timelines are in.

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Edward Mawer September 10, 2022
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy - queer coding
Deep Dive

Breaking the code: a history of Queer coding cinema

A history and evolution of queer coding in Hollywood.