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DAY FOR NIGHT (1973)
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, both personal and professional, among his cast and crew.
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BLACK MIRROR, 3.2 – ‘Playtest’
Charlie Brooker gets back behind his laptop to write this second episode of Black Mirror‘s third series, “Playtest”, directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane), a new filmmaker who earned interest through his impressive fan film Portal: No Escape, based on the popular video game. Brooker himself has a background in gaming journalism, so it’s…
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BLACK MIRROR, 3.1 – ‘Nosedive’
Audiences have been staring into Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror for five years, incredibly, but the Channel 4 anthology had only produced six episodes and a Christmas special before its long-awaited transfer to Netflix. This has been both a pro and con for the show, because it’s had enough time to ensure a high-quality of storytelling,…
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ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (1966)
A prehistoric man called Tumak is banished from his savage tribe, only to meet a beautiful woman called Loana from a gentler coastal tribe, but to win her heart he must fight caveman Sakana.
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LUKE CAGE – Season One
Marvel’s latest begins promisingly, with a funky ‘70s-flavoured soundtrack and moody shots of nighttime Harlem in glistening yellows and deep blacks. We’ve already met Luke Cage (Mike Colter) in Jessica Jones earlier this year, of course, but he feels more at home in his own storyline—working in a barber shop owned by reformed gangster “Pop”…
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WESTWORLD, 1.3 – ‘The Stray’
Backstories are at the heart of Westworld’s third episode, “The Stray”, in the invention of a new narrative for Teddy (James Marsden), the revelation that Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) is grieving the death of his son, and the ongoing situation that some Hosts are beginning to remember fragments of their previous roles. In that sense, this…
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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (LFF 2016)
An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.
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INFERNO (2016)
When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.
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FREE FIRE (LFF 2016)
When two Boston gangs meet in a deserted warehouse in 1978, a shootout triggers a tense fight for survival…
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TOWER (LFF 2016)
50 years ago, a gunman rode the elevator to the 27th floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire. This animated documentary reveals the untold story of that horrifying day, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
