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Longing, survival, and the thin line between destructiveness and compassion course through Steve McQueen’s Blitz, a displaced family drama that compromises on the British filmmaker’s stark and arresting style for a film that’s too eager to win you over and lacking what makes his films unique. Set
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Even if your knowledge of World War II history is spotty, you've almost certainly heard of the Blitz. This sustained eight-month bombing campaign saw German fighters commit mass attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities throughout Britain. London was particularly hard hit, getting bombed for over 50 consecutive
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It feels like it’s been ages since we’ve seen Saoirse Ronan at the center of a naturalistic, contemporary drama, and her immersion in the self-destructive and self-loathing tendencies of Rona, an Orkney-raised alcoholic who returns to her remote Scottish island home, is what keeps The Outrun afloat in
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Apple TV+ has grown into a must-watch destination for prestige television, boasting critically acclaimed comedies (Ted Lasso), dramas (Slow Horses), thrillers (Hijack), and limited series (Manhunt). But with the success of CODA, the streamer has turned its attention to feature films, backing buzzy, awards season fare like Ridley Scott'
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It's been a minute since Anglophiles heard anything about The Outrun, the film based on the best-selling memoir of the same name by Amy Liptrot, but the Oscar-bait movie is finally about to get its first release date as part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The project
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The 2020 film Ammonite is written and directed by Francis Lee and features a strong ensemble cast who perform the miracle of expressing emotion tempered with restraint, doing a lot with few words. It is a film about passion that is for the most part understated, with the eloquent palette
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When the news broke that another adaptation of Little Women was headed our way, some fans were naturally uneasy. After all, the BBC and Masterpiece just dropped a muti-part television version of the story last year, and though it wasn’t exactly a smash hit, it wasn’t like it
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Stories of real-life queens are all the rage right now. From modern day period drama The Crown to more historical fare such as Victoria, The White Princess and upcoming Starz drama The Spanish Princess, we just can’t seem to get enough of the girls who run the world. The