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Film Review Amelia Geiss Film Review Amelia Geiss

Film Review - Love Lies Bleeding

Glass subverted my expectations repeatedly through her pairing of lesbians and gym bros, the supernatural creeping into the frame, and an unexpected experimental conclusion to the movie. Love Lies Bleeding is a bloody good thriller!

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Film Review Eli Robinson Film Review Eli Robinson

Film Review - Poor Things

Liberating in all the right ways, Poor Things is a heartwarming oddball of a film, matching the gorgeous with the grotesque, showing that even in life's most dire circumstances there is still so much joy to be found.

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Film Review Lily McMillan-Merahi Film Review Lily McMillan-Merahi

Film Review - The Blue Caftan

This film, meditative and delicate in its portrayal of two queer men in a muslim country, is important for people being pushed to the margins by ideology that is outdated and homophobic and is therefore an important moment in African cinema, not to be missed.

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Film Review Jack Watson Film Review Jack Watson

Film Review - Empire of Light

Despite Ward and Colman’s impressive performances, and some beautiful Roger Deakins cinematography, Empire of Light is unfortunately weighed down by a messy screenplay that can’t untangle itself before the credits.

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Film Review Jack Manning Film Review Jack Manning

Film Review - We Are Still Here

We Are Still Here is aptly described by the saying “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” as it doesn’t particularly stand out for its technical or creative proficiencies, but rather because the message it manages is profound.

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Film Review Eli Robinson Film Review Eli Robinson

Film Review - Bones and All

Playing like an emotional middle ground between Badlands and the Twilight saga, Luca Guadagnino's new Timothee Chalamet-starrer Bones and All is a romantic cannibal road movie, presenting a tale of both the impossibility and inevitability of love; how even in the bleakest of circumstances, when we least expect, or even want it, romance can blossom like a weed in the desert.

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