Kajillionaire (2020) Director: Miranda July Screenwriter: Miranda July Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger, Gina Rodriguez The phrase ‘normal family’ is oxymoronic; there is no archetype for normal. Society may have swallowed down commercialised, and capitalist fuelled notions of the perfect family: frequent, home-cooked meals, white picket fences and perfectly tuned emotional bonds. […]
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Relic (2020) Director: Natalie Erika James Screenwriters: Natalie Erika James, Christian White Starring: Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote As assured of a feature directorial debut as Jordan Peele’s Get Out, as terrifying a filmmaking introduction as Ari Aster’s Hereditary, and the best horror film to come from Australia since Jennifer Kent’s remarkable The Babadook,
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Siberia (2020) Director: Abel Ferrara Screenwriters: Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois Starring: Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Laurent Arnatsiaq There is something experiential about the work of Abel Ferrara, the New York born filmmaker’s portraits of the individual human experience are presented on screen as if insights into the way each of us think, as
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Herself (2020) Director: Phyllida Lloyd Screenwriter: Clare Dunne, Malcolm Campbell Starring: Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill “You can’t be dead! We need you for chips!” Having already gained itself an unbeatable score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes after its premiere at Sundance Film Festival back in January 2020, Herself will resonate with audiences worldwide
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Mogul Mowgli (2020) Director: Bassam Tariq Screenwriters: Riz Ahmed, Bassam Tariq Starring: Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Anjana Vasan, Aiysha Hart, Kiran Sonia Siwar, Nabhaan Rizwan Throughout his duel careers in both acting and music, Riz Ahmed has proven himself capable of spitting straight fire. Inspired by rap, jungle, hip-hop and house, Ahmed’s solo albums, such
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