Stories By Awais Irfan
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Vivarium’ review: Dir. Lorcan Finnegan (2020) [GFF]
More American Nightmare than American Dream, Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium sends Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots down the rabbit hole and into...
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Film Reviews
/ 5 years ago‘Onward’ review: Dir. Dan Scanlon (2020)
After focusing their attention on sequels the last couple of years, Pixar return to the fold of original content – for...
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Film Reviews
/ 5 years ago‘Cats’ Review: Dir. Tom Hooper (2019)
Ever since the trailers for Tom Hooper’s Cats released, they have been put under much scrutiny given the sheer absurdity on...
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Film Reviews
/ 5 years ago‘Little Women’ review: Dir. Greta Gerwig (2019)
Little Women review: Adapting Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel for her sophomore feature, Greta Gerwig retells the story of Jo March,...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ Review: Dir. Céline Sciamma (2019) [LFF]
Céline Sciamma has become a filmmaker notorious for crafting films of real intimacy and beauty. Her latest, the much-lauded Cannes darling...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Bad Education’ Review: Dir. Cory Finley (2019) [LFF]
Following his darkly wry debut Thoroughbreds, director Cory Finley tackles embezzlement and fraud for his sophomore feature: Bad Education. Like its...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Wounds’ Review: Dir. Babak Anvari (2019) [LFF]
Everything from even the premise of Wounds is absurd. Armie Hammer stars as Will, a bartender that spends his nights fixing...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Hope Gap’ Review: Dir. William Nicholson (2019) [LFF]
Divorce dramas seem to be the hot ticket of this year’s LFF; as well as Noah Baumbach’s much-lauded Marriage Story, Annette...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘The King’ Review: Dir. David Michôd (2019) [Venezia]
Last year, Netflix brought us Outlaw King from David Mackenzie – a fun, violent historical epic – and, this year, they’re...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘The Laundromat’ Review: Dir. Steven Soderbergh (2019) [Venezia]
Joining the likes of The Post and Spotlight in recounting a journalistic investigation, Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat tells the story of...
