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REVIEW: Another Round (2020)

February 14, 2021 Grant Watson

Thomas Vinterberg’s new comedy-drama is a striking piece of work. It is genuinely funny in all of the right places, yet often feels too awkward to laugh at due to its overwhelming patina of melancholy. At the same time that … Continue reading REVIEW: Another Round (2020)

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REVIEW: Aniara (2018)

November 17, 2020 Grant Watson

Who could have guessed that a Swedish science fiction film would turn out as bleak and troubled as every other genre of Swedish cinema? Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja’s 2018 film Aniara is based, on all things, on a 1956 … Continue reading REVIEW: Aniara (2018)

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REVIEW: Song of the Sea (2014)

September 10, 2020 Grant Watson

Ben (David Ralwe) lives on a lighthouse with his father Colin (Brendan Gleeson) and little sister Saoirse. His mother vanished the night she gave birth to Saoirse, who is non-verbal. Ben blames his sister for his mother’s disappearance, while Colin … Continue reading REVIEW: Song of the Sea (2014)

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REVIEW: Koko-Di Koko-Da (2019)

August 19, 2019 Grant Watson

A couple spend a holiday with their eight year-old daughter, only for it to reach an inexplicable and tragic end. Three years later – now in a broken relationship – they go camping in the woods, only to encounter a … Continue reading REVIEW: Koko-Di Koko-Da (2019)

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REVIEW: The Man (2017)

July 2, 2019 Grant Watson

Simon (Søren Malling) is a hugely successful fine artist living in Copenhagen. There he runs a workshop of young artists assisting him in producing his works, with a devoted wife (Ane Dahl Torp) and a not-so-secret mistress (Sus Wilkins). When … Continue reading REVIEW: The Man (2017)

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REVIEW: Red Road (2006)

May 21, 2019 Grant Watson

Jackie Morrison (Kate Dickie) lives in Glasgow, and monitors CCTV cameras for a living. One night she recognises a man on one of the monitors, Clyde Henderson (Tony Curran), and tracks his movements to the notorious Red Road apartments in … Continue reading REVIEW: Red Road (2006)

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REVIEW: Democrats (2014)

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 Grant Watson

In 2008, and following a controversial election in which long-running President Robert Mugabe was re-elected to lead Zimbabwe, both government and opposition meet to draft a new and democratic constitution for the country. The process is depicted through the eyes … Continue reading REVIEW: Democrats (2014)

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REVIEW: Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997)

May 27, 2017 Grant Watson

Smilla (Julia Ormond) is a Greenlandic immigrant living in Copenhagen. When a young boy living in her apartment building is found dead, having fallen of the building’s roof, Smilla refuses to accept that it was an accident. Her investigations draw … Continue reading REVIEW: Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997)

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