New Order (2020) Director: Michel Franco Writer: Michel Franco Starring: Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta, Mónica Del Carmen, Darío Yazbek New Order opens with a blurry montage of disturbing images; people in various stages of distress, outbursts of violence and piles of dead bodies littering city streets. It’s a vicious assault on the senses and […]
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One Night In Miami (2020) Director: Regina King Screenwriter: Kemp Powers Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Lance Reddick, Christian Magby If you could pick any four people in the world and put them in a room together, who would you choose? For Regina King, those four people would be: The
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Supernova (2020) Director: Harry MacQueen Screenwriter: Harry MacQueen Starring: Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci “Being sad something is gone just means it was great whilst it was there.” A middle aged couple set off on a long road trip to see important places from their past, all the while learning to adapt as one of them
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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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The Painter and the Thief (2020) Director: Benjamin Ree Starring: Karl Bertil-Norland, Barbora Kyslikova “The art of life and life on art” – The Painter and The Thief shows both of these things in their rawest form. From the struggles of addiction to the power of friendship, this documentary from Benjamin Ree follows Barbora Kyslikova, an
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