Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE: AN EDUCATION

A worthy contender for Best International Film at this year’s Oscars, THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE sees the class room turned into a clash room with a flash point of accusation, an accentuation of cancel culture, an acceleration of menace.

Carla Nowak

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EVIL DOES NOT EXIST: ENIGMATIC ECO THRILLER

 

Ironic and provocative. What is one to make of a 

Written and directed by Ryusuke Hamagachi who gave us the incomparable, meditative Oscar winner, Drive My Car, EVIL DOES NOT EXIST begins with an extended tracking shot of tree

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FREUD’S LAST SESSION: ANALYSE THIS

Woody Allen in Annie Hall quips “I was in analysis. I was suicidal. As a matter of fact, I would have killed myself, but I was in analysis with a strict Freudian and if you kill yourself they make you

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FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL: FANTASTIC

 

Deliriously deft B grade delight, THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY is one of the highlights of the fifth Fantastic Film Festival.

Daring and cutting-edge tale of a knife salesman who bears a passing resemblance to Anthony Perkins, stirring

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JEANNE DU BARRY: PRETTY WOMAN REDUX

The first film from the French Film Festival to be given wide release, JEANNE DU BARRY is a classic costume drama of grand scale.

Selected as the Opening Night Gala screening of last year’s Cannes Film Festival, JEANNE DU BARRY,

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ROBOT DREAMS: A CHARMER

Metaphor mounts to Matterhorn in the marvellous animated movie, ROBOT DREAMS.

A study in companionship, of friendship fostered and lost, an amalgam of intellect and emotion, ROBOT DREAMS is about accepting and recovering from loss.

Based on the graphic novel

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ORIGIN: A CONVERSATION STARTER

For critical thinkers and cynical stinkers, ORIGIN is a film that sustains interest by intelligence, imagination and ideas.

Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, inspired by the New York Times best-seller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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