NOUVELLE VAGUE: WEIGHTING FOR GODARD

Sixty-five years in the making, the first great cinema release of the year, Richard Linklater’s love letter to the revolutionary magic of the French New Wave and a homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s influential 1960 film, A Bout de Souffle, NOUVELLE

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THE POUT-POUT FISH : A FINTASTIC FILM

Living on a rundown shipwreck,  Mr Fish one day discovers a hyperactive young sea dragon Pip– who has mistaken his home for a junk-yard–pilfering  his belongings. The heated argument  that ensues leaves both their houses in ruin. But there is …

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THE HOUSEMAID : A QUIRKY MISFIRE

To begin with, a notice to all bookworms. THE HOUSEMAID doesn’t  come close to a faithful  adaptation  of

Freida McFadden’s best selling 2022 novel, foregrounding the easily digestible,  style-over-substance shlock that made the book such a viral  hit.The work by …

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COVER-UP : A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY BY SEYMOUR HERSH

COVER-UP follows the explosive career  of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative  reporter Seymour Hersh in a gripping  political powderkeg that exposes systematic  violence  and a long- standing cycle  of unity within the U.S. military intelligence  agencies.

With unprecedented  access to Hersh’s notes, …

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RESURRECTION: A MONSTER MASH

With a title more in keeping with Easter rather than the Yuletide New Year period, RESURRECTION is a sweeping snore inducing odyssey, a soporific meditation on human and film history.

Set in a near future where humanity has surrendered its

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RENTAL FAMILY : A BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPLATIVE FILM

This film has been Inspired by real-life businesses  such as the Japanese Efficiency Corporation (Nihon Kikaseu Honbu) that enables clients to rent out actors to play wedding guests, estranged parents, romantic partners or loneliness pals.

What’s  served up is a …

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MY BROTHER’S BAND : A THOUGHTFUL, HEARTWARMING FILM

When the scholastic achievements of students and schools are being analysed in the press, various socio-economic factors are discussed. What actually counts in the long run? Nature? Nurture? Economic advantage/disadvantage? The quality of teaching and parenting?….the variables are many! 

In

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FIVE DOUBLE PASSES : THE NEW MOVIE CHRISTY

 

From acclaimed Australian director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) comes the extraordinary true story of Christy Martin, the first female boxer promoted by Don King. A gripping, emotionally charged story about resilience, survival, and breaking boundaries. One of …

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