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At The Movies - Farewell Mr Haffmann
31 Aug 2022French cinema veteran Daniel Auteuil stars in this smart and engrossing story about a Jewish jeweller hiding from the Nazis in his own basement.
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At The Movies - A Stitch in Time
31 Aug 2022This heart-warming Australian film about an elderly dressmaker knows exactly who it's designed for, says Simon Morris.
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Review: Quant
A new documentary looks back on the career of the fashion designer Mary Quant, who more than anyone created the look of Swinging London in the mid 1960's. Directed by actor and fashion designer Sadie…
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At the Movies: The Conference
The Conference - a German film about Nazi officials meeting to, essentially, plan the Holocaust - is an uncomfortable watch, which is a compliment to its accuracy.
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At the Movies: Gloriavale
Gloriavale is the first ever big-screen documentary about a secretive, fundamentalist commune on New Zealand's West Coast. The film struggles to find a new angle on the story that we haven't heard…
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Review: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
17 Aug 2022Emma Thompson stars in a comedy drama - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande - about a 60-something widow who hires a sex worker to show her what she's missed in an uneventful life and marriage. Features…
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Review: Nope
17 Aug 2022Nope is the latest from the Twilight Zone world of writer-director Jordan Peele. It blends sci-fi, westerns and showbiz into a unique whole. Stars Daniel Kaluuya (Get out!) and Steven Yeun (Minari).
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Review: The Princess
10 Aug 2022The Princess is yet another documentary about the late Princess Diana, with the emphasis this time on the changing attitudes of the media and the public at the time.
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Review: Ruby's Choice
10 Aug 2022Ruby's Choice is an Australian comedy drama about a family coping with grandmother Ruby as she slips into dementia. Starring Jane Seymour.
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Review: Bullet Train
10 Aug 2022Brad Pitt stars in an action-comedy romp, set on a high-speed Japanese express - Bullet Train. Co stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick Ass), Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) and Brian Tyree Henry (Ete…
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Review: The Card Counter
3 Aug 2022Martin Scorsese produces the new film by writer Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver). The Card Counter stars Oscar Isaac (Dune, Star Wars) as a poker player trying to forget his past. Featuring Tiffany Haddish…
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Review: The Gardener
3 Aug 2022The Gardener is a love-letter to the late Frank Cabot and the Quebec garden he devoted much of his life creating, Les Quatre Vents.
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The Gray Man
27 Jul 2022The Gray Man is Netflix's biggest budget feature film ever and is a globetrotting spy action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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The Quiet Girl
27 Jul 2022Dan Slevin reviews The Quiet Girl - a slow burner that is well worth the wait.
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Thor - Love and Thunder
20 Jul 2022Dan Slevin reviews the new Marvel superhero movie THOR - LOVE AND THUNDER, written and directed by Taika Waititi.
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The Phantom of the Open
20 Jul 2022Academy Award winner Mark Rylance starring as the real life "worst golfer in the world" in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (reviewed by Dan Slevin).
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Review: Elvis
6 Jul 2022Dan Slevin reviews the new biography of the King of Rock n Roll, written and directed by Baz Luhrmann.
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Review: Lightyear
22 Jun 2022Lightyear is the film that inspired the action figure in the Toy Story films, Buzz Lightyear, we're told. But who exactly is it aimed at, we wonder? Featuring the voices of Chris Evans and Taika…
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Review: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
15 Jun 2022Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy is the award-winning film based on three short stories written and directed by this year's Oscar winner Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car).
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Review: Jurassic World Dominion
15 Jun 2022Jurassic World Dominion is the latest - and probably final - in the "Jurassic" series. This time the dinosaurs share space with Jurassic World stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jurassic…
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At The Movies - Mothering Sunday
8 Jun 2022Mothering Sunday is ostensibly a story of a 1920s affair between a housemaid and a friend of her employer. But there's more to it than there appears.
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At The Movies - Lunana
8 Jun 2022Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is the story of the cynical teacher learning life lessons in a Himalayan mountain village.
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At The Movies - Hatching
8 Jun 2022Hatching is a bizarre and disturbing tale from Finland about a teenage girl, bullied by her mother, who cares for an egg that eventually hatches something unexpected.
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Review: How to Please a Woman
1 Jun 2022How to Please a Woman is an Australian film about a middle-aged woman who sets up a combination house-cleaning and sex-worker business. Stars Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones's Diary) and Erik Thomson…
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