Hard Truths shows what it’s like to be angry but hurting inside
British filmmaker Mike Leigh’s new movie about a woman caught between depression and rage has something to say about people who are secretly in pain.
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David Wenham’s new film is all spit, sadly no polish
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Conceived inside, born inside and back behind bars
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Keiran Culkin deserves an Oscar for this performance
The actor best known for Succession is annoying but excellent in this funny film about a pair of Jewish cousins on a pilgrimage to visit the childhood home of their Holocaust survivor grandmother.
Barry Keoghan plays man-child with three kids in this social drama
The actor is a single dad about to wed a woman he has known for three months. Not everyone is happy about the news in this tender film with laugh-out-loud moments.
Inside the repressive Iranian regime via one loving, well-off family
Mohammad Rasoulof, who has served jail time for making films that violate Iran’s censorship laws, fled his homeland ahead of the release of this film, which is well worth a watch.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — charming and crackingly funny
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