Reviews
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IMITATION GIRL – Review ***
The idea of double has been portrayed in the cinema many times. From Vertigo to The Double Life of Verónique, there’s something about the doppelganger...
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LADY BIRD – Review *****
Sometimes you don’t need much to make a great film. A honest, simple story about coming of age in a place you don’t want to...
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DARKEST HOUR – Review ***
This year, we were given not one, but two major films about World War II. The first one, Dunkirk, focuses on the brutality and horrors...
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THE POST – Review ***
From the same cinematic universe as All the President’s Men, by the writer who gave us Spotlight, The Fifth Estate and 26 episodes of The...
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THE FLORIDA PROJECT – Review ****
Independent director Sean Baker wrote, directed and edited The Florida Project, a film that, just like its filmic predecessor, Tangerine, gives us an insight into...
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DUNKIRK – Review ****
Christopher Nolan is a peculiar creature. A cold, clinical director who casts Method actors on his film, he is at his greatest when displaying masterful...
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THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Review *****
Sometimes all you need is a simple, well-written story, and great actors to make it come alive. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, by director/writer Martin...
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – Review ***
Call Me By Your Name is having raging reviews all over. This, I’m afraid, isn’t one of them. Luca Guadagnino, who few years ago gave...
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THE SHAPE OF WATER – Review *****
This Valentine’s Day, take your better half to the cinema to watch the extremely romantic story of a mute woman who has sexual intercourse with...
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PHANTOM THREAD – Review ****
Paul Thomas Anderson returns in collaboration with Daniel Day-Lewis (in what may be the actor’s final film, ever) to give us the story of an...