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Review: Satluj directed by Honey Trehan

By Adil Sayyed Films have always been political, and their influence can threaten political mechanisms, as seen when Satluj, a new historical drama from India, was taken down from a streaming platform mere two days after its release. No official reason was

Jul 16, 2026

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“Debí Tirar Mas Fotos”: New Bad Bunny album takes up gentrification, climate change & Puerto Rican oppression

By Christian Tello, AS Mexico Bad Bunny’s new album is causing social furor. With more than 37 million plays it is positioned in the top 10 of the Billboard Global 200 number 1 in global plays on Spotify. A deeply introspective and

Jan 23, 2025

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Review: The Substance directed by Coralie Fargeat

The Substance Directed by Coralie FargeatMubi, 2024 Reviewed by Steph Lacey The Substance is a satirical, body-horror film that centres around the character of Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading Hollywood star who goes to extreme lengths to try to reclaim her youthful looks and

Jan 13, 2025

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Review: Stolen directed by Margo Harkin

Reviewed by Steph Lacey Directed by Margo Harkin, Stolen is a chilling account of the Magdalene Laundries, where Irish women and girls were sent for engaging in a sexual relationship that a parent or priest didn’t approve of, or more often, for

Sep 4, 2024

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Review: Tsar to Lenin (1937) directed by Herman Axelbank

Reviewed by James McCabe It would be difficult to imagine an event that rocked the world and changed the course of history to the extent that the Russian Revolution did. No film could hope to capture the magnitude of such an upending

Aug 24, 2024

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Review: Strike – An Uncivil War directed by Daniel Gordon

Reviewed by Thomas Carmichael On the morning of 18 June 1984, a scorching summer’s day, 5,000 striking miners gathered on the fields overlooking the Orgreave Coking Works in South Yorkshire. It would become one of the most infamous days in Britain’s industrial

Jun 21, 2024

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Irish artists pull out of SXSW festival in solidarity with Palestine

By Finn McKenna On 10 March, Belfast Irish-language rap artists Kneecap announced that they would not be performing at this summer’s SXSW festival in Austin Texas. Within two days, all ten Irish acts scheduled to perform at the festival pulled out. One

Mar 13, 2024

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Review: All of Us Strangers directed by Andrew Haigh

All of Us Strangersdirected by Andrew HaighSearchlight Pictures, 2024 By Michael Shiel Based on the novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada but given a new title, there is something universal about All of Us Strangers. It looks at loneliness and longing, and how

Mar 12, 2024

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Review: The Zone of Interest directed by Jonathan Glazer

Reviewed by Robert Cosgrave In the nearly 80 years following the end of the Second World War, Nazism has been depicted so many times on screen that one could ask whether there was any point in another film showing the monstrous crimes

Feb 20, 2024

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Review: Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Reviewed Cian Sevilla Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things is one of his best movies thus far. Based off Alasdair Gray’s novel of the same name, which is, in itself, a sort of modern retelling of Frankenstein, Lanthimos gives new life to both novels

Feb 14, 2024

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Review: Napoleon directed by Ridley Scott

Reviewed by C. J. McKeown “What a novel my life has been!” Napoleon reflected in exile. Indeed, we can easily tell Ridley Scott paid little attention to history while making his Napoleon because that history is infinitely more fascinating than his script.

Jan 22, 2024

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