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Loving Vincent (2017) Review – Painting Cinema
In one sentence: One year after Vincent van Gogh’s death, a young man sets out to deliver one final letter to his brother, uncovering the many conflicting memories of the artist along the way. Cinema has always been an art form, but rarely has it embraced another art form quite so completely. With Loving Vincent,…
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The Mission (1986) Review – A Symphony of Conscience
In one sentence: A Jesuit priest and a troubled slave trader find their lives transformed by a mission deep within the South American jungle. Film scores have the power to elevate a great film or transform an ordinary one. Some become so iconic that they transcend the films they were written for, from the ominous…
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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) Review – A Different Way of Seeing the World
In one sentence: A documentary filmmaker discovers an extraordinary shell whose search for his missing family captures hearts around the world. The world of cinema is filled with action, spectacle and stories that constantly demand our attention. Every so often, however, a film comes along that achieves something far quieter. Marcel the Shell with Shoes…
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Song Sung Blue (2025) Review – More Than Just a Tribute
In one sentence: Song Sung Blue follows a struggling performer who teams up with a fellow singer to form a Neil Diamond tribute act, as their partnership evolves into a love story shaped by ambition and hardship. Sometimes there are films you overlook because you assume they just won’t be for you. That was the…
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Marty Supreme (2025) Review – When Ambition Becomes Obsession
In one sentence: Marty Supreme follows a gifted but egotistical 1950s ping pong prodigy who chases international glory, only to find that his relentless ambition begins to destroy the very relationships and opportunities he believes he deserves. Napoleon Bonaparte once said “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may…
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Train Dreams (2025) Review – A Quiet Portrait of Loss and Endurance
In one sentence: Train Dreams follows a solitary labourer in the early twentieth-century American West who endures profound personal tragedies while witnessing a rapidly changing world that seems to move on without him. Netflix’s Oscar nominated entry is far removed from its usual output, offering instead a quiet, meditative character study set against the transformation…
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F1 (2025) Review – Fast Cars, Familiar Course
In one sentence: F1 follows an ageing racing driver who is lured back onto the Formula One circuit to help rescue a struggling team, forcing him to confront his past, his limitations and a fiercely competitive young teammate. Summer blockbusters are not typically the Academy’s favourites, but perhaps the tides are beginning to turn. With…
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Review – A Musical That Rains Emotion
In one sentence: A pair of young lovers are separated by war and circumstance, discovering that first love does not always survive the realities of adulthood. Few films suit a grey, rain-soaked day quite like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. With its constant drizzle, luminous colours and one of cinema’s most beautiful soundtracks, this 1960s classic…
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One Battle After Another (2025) Review – Revolution Without Rest
In one sentence: One Battle After Another follows a former revolutionary forced back into conflict when the past he tried to escape comes violently for his daughter. Cinema often treats conflict as something external, a battle to be fought and resolved, but One Battle After Another is more interested in conflict as a way of…
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Hamnet (2026) Review – A Raw Meditation on Grief
In one sentence: Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s best selling novel, Hamnet explores the impact of the death of Shakespeare’s young son and how this loss was transformed into art through grief, memory and loss. Often we watch films hoping to be surprised, but Hamnet is not interested in twists. Its power lies instead in emotional…
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