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Movie Review – Inland (2022)

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Inland, 2022. Directed by Fridjhof Ryder Starring Rory Alexander, Mark Rylance, Sean Dingwall, Kathryn Hunter, Eleanor Holliday, Alexander Lincoln, Nell Williams, and Sebastian Orozco SYNOPSIS: A young man attempts to track down his missing mother.  A young man’s quest to find his missing mother is the premise for Fridtjof Ryder’s poetic debut. But if that […]

Movie Review – The Hole in the Fence (2021)

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The Hole in the Fence, 2021. Directed by Joaquin del Paso Starring Valeria Lamm Williams, Yubah Ortega, Luciano Kurti, Eric Walker, Santiago Barajas, Enrique Lascurain, Jacek Poniedzialek, Raul Vasconcelos SYNOPSIS: The schisms of modern Mexican society are laid bare as privileged students at an exclusive summer camp discover an opening that has profoundly sinister ramifications.  […]

Acclaimed mystery Inland gets a UK trailer and preview screenings ahead of June release

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The mysterious folk-horror influenced Inland has special preview screenings at VUE cinemas across the UK on Wednesday 24 May.  The feature debut from Fridtjof Ryder has garnered plenty of acclaim since featuring at last year’s London Film Festival.  Inland is a modern folktale exploring the damaged identity of a young man attempting to make sense […]

Movie Review – The Feast (2021)

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The Feast, 2021. Directed by Lee Haven Jones. Starring Nia Roberts, Annes Elwy, Julian Lewis Jones, Sion Alun Davies, Steffan Cennydd, Rhodri Meilir and Lisa Palfrey. SYNOPSIS: In a luxurious modern house in the Welsh countryside, the wealthy family of a politician play host to a mining developer and a local landowner. A young woman […]

Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet gets a trailer ahead of Berlinale premiere

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The new film from Peter Strickland (In Fabric, Berberian Sound Studio, Duke of Burgundy) premieres this week at the Berlin Film Festival and IFC Films has released a teaser trailer to offer an idea of what delights it has to offer. Flux Gourmet stars Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie and Richard Bremmer, and if Strickland’s previous […]

Movie Review – Catch the Fair One (2021)

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Catch the Fair One, 2021. Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka. Starring Kali Reis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Shelito Vincent, Michael Drayer, Lisa Emery, Kimberley Guerrero, and Kevin Dunn. SYNOPSIS:  A former champion boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister. Packing a real emotional punch, Catch […]

Movie Review – The Midnight Swim (2014)

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The Midnight Swim, 2014. Directed by Sarah Adina Smith Starring Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Lafleur, Aleksa Palladino, Ross Partridge, Beth Grant SYNOPSIS: Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has ever managed to find the bottom, though many have tried. When Dr. Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water dive, her three daughters travel home to settle […]

Movie Review – Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 (2021)

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Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11, 2021. Directed by David Belton and Bjørn Johnson. Featuring Donald Byrd, Daisy Khan, Rik Parker. SYNOPSIS: A feature documentary collecting accounts of 9/11 submitted via a video booth in the months after the attack. The same witnesses are revisited 20 years later. How we cope with traumatic memories is the […]

Movie Review – Zola (2021)

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Zola, 2021. Directed by Janicza Bravo. Starring Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo, Nicholas Braun, Ari’el Stachel, Ts Madison, and Jason Mitchell. SYNOPSIS: Zola, a Detroit waitress, strikes up a new friendship with a customer, Stefani, who seduces her to join a weekend of dancing and partying in Florida. What at first seems like a […]