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Harry Jones September 5, 2020September 9, 2020 Charlie Kaufman, David Thewlis, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Iain Reid, Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Netflix, Toni Collette

Film review: I’m Thinking of Ending Things is another knotty Kaufman trip

Charlie Kaufman’s new Netflix film, a surreal road trip through the snow, is possibly his most challenging film yet.

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William Blanchard September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Christopher Nolan, Elizabeth Debicki, John David Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Pattinson, Tenet

Film review: Tenet dresses lean spycraft up with a messy cerebral flourish

The latest from Christopher Nolan might be his greatest puzzle box yet, but is there much hidden away beneath the impressive mechanics?

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Rhiannon Davies August 6, 2020August 11, 2020 BBC, Cate Blanchett, iPlayer, Margo Martindale, Mrs. America, Rosa Byrne, Tracey Ullman

TV review: Mrs. America – an amazing drama draws dubious conclusions

Despite a narrow and unconvincing analysis of its anti-hero, Mrs America is a timely and sensationally executed drama.

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Nick Griffin June 17, 2020August 11, 2020 Chadwick Boseman, Clarke Peters, Da 5 Bloods, Delroy Lindo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jonathan Majors, Norm Lewis, Spike Lee

Film review: Black Lives Matter in Spike Lee’s incendiary Da 5 Bloods

Three decades into his career, Spike Lee has returned with a film that questions the legacy of Vietnam. It might be his most relevant yet.

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Nick Griffin June 13, 2020August 11, 2020 John Malkovich, Netflix, Space Force, Steve Carell

TV review: Steve Carell’s spoof Netflix show Space Force fails to take off

Netflix’s latest sitcom, Space Force, is an attempt at political satire that reminds us that in space, no one can hear you laugh.

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Matthew Floyd July 1, 2020August 11, 2020 David Dobkin, Eurovision Song Contest, Rachel McAdams, Will Ferrell

Film review: Eurovision Song Contest embarrasses Europe and your vision

Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams unite for Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, where everybody loses.

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Hope Talbot June 10, 2020August 11, 2020 Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, Lockdown

Lockdown Looking Glass: Are we all living our own Groundhog Day?

In our new series, Lockdown Looking Glass, we’ll be looking back on films that hit a little differently in lockdown.

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Hope Talbot June 24, 2020August 11, 2020 Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks

Lockdown Looking Glass: Revisiting Cast Away while stranded in isolation

Grab your new-found quarantine object friend, be it a lampshade, or a volleyball named Wilson, as we discuss Cast Away’s renewed relevance.

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Hope Talbot July 8, 2020August 11, 2020 80s, Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, John Hughes, Matthew Broderick

Lockdown Looking Glass: Taking a Day Off with Ferris Bueller

We’re looking at a John Hughes classic in this Lockdown Looking Glass, as we reconsider the ’80s joy of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

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Samuel Lambeth July 22, 2020August 11, 2020 Andre Gregory, My Dinner With Andre, Wallace Shawn

Lockdown Looking Glass: The art of conversation in My Dinner With Andre

As lockdown limits face-to-face contact, we revisit the resonance of landmark movie My Dinner With Andre in an era of cyber exchanges.