Maria Filmotomy London Film Festival
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London Film Festival Review: Maria (Pablo Larraín)

A whole life in just a few days, and what a life! Pablo Larraín’s trilogy-of-sorts about iconic women of the 20th Century concludes with his…

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Hard Truths Filmotomy London Film Festival
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London Film Festival Review: Hard Truths (Mike Leigh)

We’re all downsizing these days. Forget the Roaring ‘20s – these are the Receding ‘20s. Costs are going up, people are staying in, and the…

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Grand Tour Cannes Filmotomy London Film Festival
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London Film Festival Review: Grand Tour (Miguel Gomes) 

For all the lush scenery and exotic vistas with which it meets the eye, Miguel Gomes’ Grand Tour is a movie defined as much by…

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London Film Festival Review Blitz Filmotomy
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London Film Festival Review: Blitz (Steve McQueen)

The cinema of suffering need not necessarily be a traumatic experience. In the 16 years since his first feature, Hunger, Steve McQueen has proved himself…

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London Film Festival Review Nickel Boys Filmotomy
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London Film Festival Review: Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross)

Subjectivity can be a hard thing to depict in cinema. Even in the most immersive, captivating movies, there exists the perpetual sense that we, the…

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London Film Festival Review Memoir of a Snail Filmotomy
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London Film Festival Review: Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot)

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” A Kierkegaard quote may strike one as an unusual jumping-off point for an…

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