The Classics: fertile Meadows
This is England (2006) Written and directed by Shane Meadows Rated MA 15+, 100 minutes 4 stars
Shane Meadows’ best films are always about something that happened to him as …
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The Classics: Visconti at his finest
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) Directed by Luchino Visconti Written by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti and Suso Cecchi d’Amico, based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi …
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Jackman hangs up blades
Logan Directed by James Mangold Written by Mangold, Scott Frank and Michael Green 137 minutes, rated MA 15+ 3.5 stars
With Logan, Hugh Jackman hangs up his blades. After playing …
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Emma & Brendan vs Adolf
Alone in Berlin Directed by Vincent Perez Written by Vincent Perez and Achim von Borries, based on a novel by Hans Fallada 102 minutes, rated M 4 stars
In 1947, …
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Edinburgh’s lost boys return
T2 Trainspotting Directed by Danny Boyle Written by John Hodge, based on Irvine Welsh’s novels 118 minutes, rated R 18+ 4 stars
At the end of Trainspotting in 1996, Ewan …
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Recent Reviews
Bad people doing bad things
Detour
Written and directed by Christopher Smith
97 minutes, rated MA 15+
3 stars
There’s no such thing as originality, but that doesn’t mean you stop aiming for it. Detour …
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An elegy for Emily D.
A Quiet Passion
Written and directed by Terence Davies
125 minutes, rated PG
4 stars
When one artist makes a film about another artist, you can be reasonably sure that …
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Kartoonish Korean ultra-violence
The Villainess
Directed by Jung Byung-gil
Written by Jung Byeong-sik and Jung Byung-gil
122 minutes, rated R
3.5 stars
The Villainess is a high-octane Korean thriller about a young woman …
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Fascinating half-true story
Monsieur Chocolat
Directed by Roschdy Zem
Written by Cyril Gely, Olivier Gorce, Gerard Noiriel and Roschdy Zem
114 minutes, rated M
4 stars
This is the fascinating true story of …
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Black and white and red
Get Out
Written and directed by Jordan Peele
104 minutes, rated MA 15+
4 stars
A guide to African–American horror films would be a slim volume. There are black people …
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Fine and brave
Don’t Tell
Directed by Tori Garrett
Written by Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville, based on a book by Stephen Roche
108 minutes, rated M
4 stars
Child abuse. …
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Gurinder’s personal Partition
Viceroy’s House
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini and Gurinder Chadha
106 minutes, rated PG
3 stars
Where to begin with this fascinating, infuriating, entertaining …
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Pablo Neruda as fantasy
Neruda
Directed by Pablo Larrain
Written by Guillermo Calderon
Rated MA 15+, 108 minutes
4 stars
A chubby man with a comb-over (Luis Gnecco) sits bare-chested in front of a …
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