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Tag: MIFF 2018

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REVIEW: The Guilty (2018)

September 9, 2021 Grant Watson

Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren) is a police officer under investigation for the illegal shooting of a suspect. While protesting his innocence, he finds himself restricted to working the emergency telephone lines night after night. On the last night of work … Continue reading REVIEW: The Guilty (2018)

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REVIEW: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2018)

September 11, 2018August 19, 2019 Grant Watson

There is a huge range of subject matters available for a good documentary. The best to my mind are those that showcase something very real, but which you would be unlikely to believe unless someone had spend years putting together … Continue reading REVIEW: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2018)

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REVIEW: The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

August 26, 2018August 19, 2019 Grant Watson

1993. Teenager Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) is caught in the back of a car with her high school prom queen, leading her strictly religious aunt to send her to a gay conversion therapy centre to be ‘cured’. Once there … Continue reading REVIEW: The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

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REVIEW: The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

August 19, 2018August 19, 2019 Grant Watson

Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is an overworked and unhappy kindergarten teacher who discovers that one of her five-year-old students is an apparent literary prodigy. Growing obsessed with nurturing the boy’s talents, she wildly crosses boundaries of professional – even legal … Continue reading REVIEW: The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

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REVIEW: The Deserted (2017)

August 18, 2018August 19, 2019 Grant Watson

A disabled man lives in a decrepit house up on a hill, with only two ghosts and a shape-shifting fish for company. The Deserted is a 55-minute short feature written and directed by Taiwanese arthouse master Tsai Ming-liang, and shot by him … Continue reading REVIEW: The Deserted (2017)

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REVIEW: Leave No Trace (2018)

August 8, 2018August 19, 2019 Grant Watson

Debra Granik is one of the USA’s most essential filmmakers. She works slowly, directing just four films in the last 14 years, but every one has been both exceptional and unmissable. She is a superb social realist, grounding her films … Continue reading REVIEW: Leave No Trace (2018)

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