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Film review: Vita & Virginia renders its central pair adroitly, save a few flaws

July 1, 2019June 11, 2019 Jeremy Arblaster Eileen Atkins, Elisabeth Debicki, Gemma Arterton, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Virginia Woolf, Vita & Virginia, Vita Sackville-West

Chanya Button’s second feature, Vita & Virginia, maps the meeting of the titular literary giants to powerful effect.

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Streaming round-up: Top new films for May 13th

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Harry Jones 2001: A Space Odyssey, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, Barry Lyndon, Christopher Nolan, Crooklyn, Danis Tanovic, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Ken Loach, Luca Guadagnino, Paddy Considine, Sennia Nenua, Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Suspiria, The Girl with All the Gifts, Zelda Harris

There’s plenty to get your teeth into with the recent additions to the streaming services. From witches to scrap metal men, it’s all here.

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Recent Posts

  • Martin Reynolds looks on the bright side with solo debut ‘Strange Days Indeed’ October 16, 2020
  • Editors, Happy Mondays & Friendly Fires to play new Wolverhampton festival October 16, 2020
  • Dorcha talk app design, the fifth dimension and new single, Last Minute October 15, 2020
  • Film review: The good lord offers little salvation in the horrific Saint Maud October 12, 2020
  • Interview: Bryony Williams discusses the ‘State I’m In’ October 12, 2020
  • Feature: Are the Cineworld closures the end of cinema as we know it? October 8, 2020
  • Film review: Dick Johnson Is Dead takes an unorthodox approach to death October 5, 2020
  • Film review: I’m Thinking of Ending Things is another knotty Kaufman trip September 5, 2020
  • Film review: Tenet dresses lean spycraft up with a messy cerebral flourish September 3, 2020
  • Birmingham anti-pop quartet Y!KES discuss the release of their new single and forthcoming EP August 18, 2020
  • How creative association Lock Down Brum has kept the community connected August 7, 2020
  • Review: Mike Skinner’s The Streets provide a glimmer of hope with ticketed live stream gig August 7, 2020
  • TV review: Mrs. America – an amazing drama draws dubious conclusions August 6, 2020
  • Feature: The morality of screenwriting your trauma in I May Destroy You August 1, 2020
  • 10 tracks that got us through the coronavirus lockdown July 25, 2020
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