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14 September 2021
Film review: Horses of God (2012) by Nabil Ayouch, *****
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Synopsis In Horses of God, Nabil Ayouch tells the story of two young soccer-loving friends, Yachine and Nabil, growing up under the fierce p...
22 August 2021
Film review: A Time to Kill (1996) by Joel Schumacher, ****
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Synopsys John Grisham's explosive novel is brought to the screen by Joel Schumacher. Carl Lee (Samuel L. Jackson) seeks violent revenge ...
07 August 2021
Film review: Emperor (2012) by Peter Webber, *****
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Synopsys Brigadier-General Bonner Fellers ( Matthew Fox ) is sent to Japan as a part of the occupation force. He is tasked with arresting J...
31 July 2021
Film review: Hairspray (2007) by Alan Shankman, *****
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Synopsys Musical comedy starring John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer. Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) is an overweight teenager with all the...
28 July 2021
Film review: A Thousand Pieces of Gold, (1991) by Nancy kelly ****
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Synopsys Lalu (Rosalind Chao) is a young Chinese woman who is sold by her impoverished family and transported against her will to the Ameri...
01 July 2021
Film review: The Butler (2013) by Lee Daniels, *****
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Synopsys Historical drama directed by Lee Daniels and starring Forest Whitaker. The film tells the story of Cecil Gaines (his real name was...
18 May 2021
Film review: Wadjda (2012) by Reem Abdullah, *****
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Synopsys A rebellious Saudi Arabian girl hatches a plan to get her hands on the bicycle she craves in this coming-of-age story from first ti...
25 November 2020
Film review: Disrupting Wine (2020) by Johan Rimestad, ***
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Synopsys Documentary about the founder of Vivino, Heini Zachariassen. Vivino has more than 43 million downloads worldwide and has its HQ i...
23 November 2020
Film review: A Year in Burgundy (2013), by David Kennard, ***
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Synopsis The film follows Martine Saunier seven wine-making families in the Burgundy region of France through the course of a full year, an...
19 November 2020
Film Review: A seat at the table (2019) by David Nash and Simon Mark-Brown , **
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Synopsis A New Zealand winemaking team enters the period known as Vintage when wine is made 24/7 for months on end. Sleepless nights, endles...
09 November 2020
Film review: Somm, into the Bottle (2015), by Jason Wise, ****
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Synopsis Sequel to the previous Somm movie of 2012 , this documentary takes the viewer into the private world of famed producers (who open ...
01 November 2020
Film review: The Barolo Boys (2014) by Paolo Casalis and Tiziano Gaia, ****
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The story of a group of Barolo producers, friends, colleagues and competitors at the same time, who broke with tradition to find their own c...
18 October 2020
Film review: Somm (2012) by Jason Wise, ****
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Review Four sommeliers attempt to pass the prestigious Master Sommelier exam, a test with one of the lowest pass rates in the world. The do...
19 August 2020
FIlm review: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009) by Jan Kounen, ****
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Synopsys In 1913 the first performance of the ballet “Le sacre du printemps” took place in Paris. The composer, Igor Stravinsky, is whistled...
27 July 2020
Film review: Queen of the Desert (2015) by Werner Herzog, *****
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Synopsys Gertrude Bell , a daughter of wealthy British parents, has no interest in the social life of the London elite. Balls, reception...
21 May 2020
Film review: Naked Island (1960), by Kaneto Shindo, ****
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Synopsis Filmed on the virtually deserted Setonaikai archipelago in south-east Japan, Naked Island was made in the words of its director...
13 May 2020
Film review: A Separation (2011) by Asghar Farhadi *****
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Synopsis The stand out film of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival and winner of the Golden Bear, A Separation is a suspenseful and intelligent ...
10 April 2020
Film review: Résistence naturelle (2014), By Jonathan Nossiter, **
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Synopsys Ten years after the landmark wine documentary Mondovino, filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter returns to the subject, documenting the dr...
19 March 2020
Film review: Children of Heaven (1997) by Majid Majidi, ****
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Synopsys The accidental loss of a pair of shoes causes problems for a young Iranian boy in this award-winning family drama from directo...
05 March 2020
Film review: The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) by L. Falorni and B. Davaa, ***
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Synopsys Documentary intercut with tender narrative drama set in the Gobi desert in Mongolia. When a camel gives birth to a rare white c...
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