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Film Reviews

A-Town Boyz review – unfiltered, unresolved, and unflinching

An unflinching, unresolved look at the lives of Atlanta’s Asian-American youths.

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Laura Potier May 21, 2025
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Film Reviews

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding review – Meryl Streep narrates a superficial but hopeful doc

A surface-level yet hopeful primer on the many rewilding strategies that may save the planet.

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Interviews

Taz Skylar on Cleaner: Blacked-Out Car Scripts, Tattoos, and the Modern Antihero

InCleaner, a tense, thought-provoking thriller from director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), former special forces soldier Joey…

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Laura Potier May 2, 2025
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Film Reviews

Love Hurts review – an action-filled comedy with a romantic twist

Love Hurts unites Academy Award winners Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose.

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Hannah Skjellum-Salmon March 13, 2025
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Sunlight review – a road trip comedy about silliness, suicide and simians

A strange but fascinating road trip comedy, Sunlight is about a film where you can step into being somebody else – evan a giant business-minded monkey.

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James Hanton August 19, 2024
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Film Reviews

A Shrine review – a moving story of morals and consequences

A Shrine by Abdolreza Kahani is a contemplative drama that looks at a delicate ethical dilemma with the grace and simplicity of approach that it deserves.

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James Hanton August 19, 2024
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Film Reviews

Orlando: My Political Biography review – a breathtaking film about transgender experiences

Orlando: My Political Biography by Paul B. Preciado is a stunning and provocative look at transgender lives through the lense of Virginia Woolf.

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James Hanton July 23, 2024
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Film Reviews

Sorcery review – a mysterious drama grappling with colonialism and faith

Christopher Murray’s eerie and sombre drama Sorcery is an enchanting look at identity and heritage in the face of colonial violence and crises of faith.

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James Hanton June 24, 2024
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Deep Dive

Chapters and fragmentation in epics: is cinema giving up on linear storytelling?

Hulking epics are out, episodic timelines are in.

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Edward Mawer September 10, 2022
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Deep Dive

Breaking the code: a history of Queer coding cinema

A history and evolution of queer coding in Hollywood.

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Ken Wilson September 23, 2021

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