Stories By Awais Irfan
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Film Reviews
/ 1 year ago‘Asteroid City’ review: Dir. Wes Anderson (2023)
The pastel-soaked idiosyncrasies of Wes Anderson are, once again, cultivating controversy as the esoteric filmmaker’s cosmic caper Asteroid City begins its...
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Film Reviews
/ 2 years ago‘Champions’ review: Dir. Bobby Farrelly (2023)
Much like a good game of sport, filmmaking is a craft that needs to be executed with deft precision. It’s all...
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Film Reviews
/ 2 years ago‘Cocaine Bear’ review: Dir. Elizabeth Banks (2023)
Not since Snakes on a Plane has a title been as succinct at pitching its film as Cocaine Bear – two...
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Film Reviews
/ 2 years ago‘The Fabelmans’ review: Dir. Steven Spielberg (2023)
Michelle Williams tells a young Sammy Fabelman early into The Fabelmans that “films are dreams”. And they are. They’re also moments...
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Film Reviews
/ 2 years ago‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ review: Dir. James Cameron (2022)
There’s something very surreal about sitting down for Avatar: The Way of Water with a pair of 3D glasses on as...
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Film Reviews
/ 2 years ago‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ review: Dir. Eric Appel (2022)
Whether it’s Popstar: Never Stop Stopping or Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, films tearing up the rule book most musical...
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Film Reviews
/ 2 years ago‘Lightyear’ review: Dir. Angus MacLane (2022)
As the opening text for Lightyear, Pixar’s Toy Story prequel reveals, “in 1995 Andy got a toy. The toy was from...
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Interviews
/ 3 years agoInterview: Céline Sciamma Talks Childhood, Grief & ‘Petite Maman’
Few filmmakers are telling stories as intimate and human as Céline Sciamma. Following her hugely acclaimed masterpiece Portrait of a Lady...
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Film Festivals
/ 3 years ago‘Halloween Kills’ Review; Dir. David Gordon Green (2021) [Venezia]
The second movie in the planned new trilogy.
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Film Festivals
/ 3 years ago‘Official Competition’ Review; Dirs. Gaston Duprat and Mariano Cohn (2021) [Venezia]
The latest from Venice.
