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Pacifiction at Cannes 2022: a spotlight on contemporary politics and neo-colonialism in Tahiti
Friday, 27 May 2022 13:41

Pacifiction at Cannes 2022: a spotlight on contemporary politics and neo-colonialism in Tahiti

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Rita di Santo reviews Pacifiction Spanish director Albert Serra (The death of Louis XIV, Liberté) returns to the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival with an exotic trip to Tahiti, an atoll of French Polynesia, for a fantastic, imaginative journey that addresses contemporary politics and neo-colonialism on the island.…
Cannes 2022 Albert Serra
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Cannes 2022: R.M.N. by Cristian Mungiu
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 24 May 2022 09:01

Cannes 2022: R.M.N. by Cristian Mungiu

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Just over two hours, this absorbing psychological drama brings back the political bite and pulse-racing suspense of Mungiu’s highly acclaimed abortion thriller 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (which won the Palme D’Or in 2007). With undeniable technical skill Mungiu builds a fiercely objective observation of the dynamics of…
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Culture for All: Why Film Matters
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 12 May 2022 11:19

Culture for All: Why Film Matters

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 As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we're proud to present a short film about why film matters, by Deirdre O'Neill. Why Film Matters by Deirdre O'Neill Action films, horror films, romantic comedies, science fiction, documentaries – film plays a big part of…
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'My movies are about class inequality': Rita Di Santo interviews Alejandra Márquez Abella
Thursday, 03 March 2022 17:50

'My movies are about class inequality': Rita Di Santo interviews Alejandra Márquez Abella

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Rita di Santo interviews Alejandra Marquez Abella about her recent film Northern Skies Over Empty Space After directing an episode of Narcos for Netflix, and a future film, female Mexican director Alejandra Márquez Abella boldly confronts macho culture and the Western genre in her new film Northern Skies Over Empty…
Northern Skies Over Empty Space
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Charles Dickens, social realist cinema and the need for a humanist, critical and writerly eye
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 11:28

Charles Dickens, social realist cinema and the need for a humanist, critical and writerly eye

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On the 210th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth, 7 February 1812, Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin writes about Dickens, how social realist cinema has filmed his books, and how modern society needs the same kind of sharp, critical, humanist and writerly eye Between 1935 and 1952 seven films were made based on…
Great Expectations Oliver Twist Scrooge A tale of two Cities David Copperfield Sally Rooney
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Macbeth, directed by Joel Coen
Monday, 24 January 2022 10:24

Macbeth, directed by Joel Coen

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Jenny Farrell reviews The Tragedy of Macbeth, directed by Joel Coen Of all Shakespeare’s tragedies, Macbeth is perhaps the most strikingly modern. When one considers what Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, written between 1600 and 1606, have in common as an overarching theme, it is this: they all centre…
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