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Nomadland take 2: A reconfiguration of a terribly dysfunctional society.

In 2011 the USG mine in Empire Nevada closed, effectively creating a ghost town. Caught in the wake of this collapse, Fern (Frances McDormand) has lost her job, her home and is reeling from her husband’s recent passing. Fern becomes part of the (...)

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Eternal Beauty : A Bold Representation of Mental Illness That Goes Beyond Dark Comedy

Craig Roberts’ « Eternal Beauty » is a bold representation of mental illness that breaks with cinematic tradition, adding a rare level of nuance and compassion to an often misrepresented topic. Sally Hawkins stars as Jane, an isolated woman (...)

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Q&A with Lars Vega, co-dir. Väntan På Döden / Awaiting Death - Canal+ AwardClermont 2020

A son arrives at the hospital to watch over his father’s death bed. When the son wants one last nice moment, his father would rather find out what to do with the two opened cans of mustard. Awaiting Death is a deceptively simple and sombre (...)

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Love Is The Devil - Blu-Ray release

The BFI has just re-released ‘Love is the Devil’ on Blu-Ray. First released in 1998, this is a film portraying the destructive relationship between Francis Bacon and his muse and lover, George Dyer. The film culminates in Dyer’s suicide on the (...)

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Selma

MLK was vilified during his life, martyred after his death and has proved more valuable dead than alive. Now his words are hijacked to support everything from conservative ’individual responsibility’ initiatives to sales during his birthday (...)

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Papa was not a Rolling Stone

– « Papa was not a Rolling Stone », le premier film de Sylvie Ohayon, m’a au premier abord surprise, car le film porte en lui une image années 80 – 90 très marquée ! « Papa… » pourrait tout à fait être un film de la fin des années 80 dont (...)

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Life Is Slight: Boyhood by Richard Linklater

Although I was planning to see Double Play, a potentially interesting documentary about the friendship between film directors Richard Linklater and James Benning, the former a long-standing darling of American semi-indie who flirts with (...)

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CAMCLASH

CamClash, l’émission qui veut dénoncer les incivilités, est saisissante. Les réactions face à ce concept sont enflammées ! Souhaitons qu’un embrasement semblable puisse se faire autour des sujets que l’émission joue dans l’espace public et met (...)

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Starred Up

David Mackenzie’s new film is a much-welcome addition to the British prison drama genre, that weaves sophisticated narrative into a bold critique of the penal system and a mockery of rehabilitation inside. Set in the microcosm of an English (...)

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Stranger by the Lake (L’inconnu du Lac)

Alain Guiraudie’s erotic gay thriller is located in rural France and takes place over ten summer days. Set on the shores of a vast inviting lake, a small group of men spend the day building up all-over tans in between swimming and cruising (...)

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