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Film Review: Gemma Bovery

Gemma Bovery is the modern and very beautiful retelling of Gustav Flaubert’s classic novel, Madame Bovery. Based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, director, Anne Fontaine (Coco before Chanel) presents her Gemma Bovery in flashback through the eyes of Martin Joubert (Fabrice Luchini), as…

Film Review: PIKU

Piku is a comedy that explores the dynamic relationship between a self-obsessed daughter, also named Piku (Deepika Padukone), and a suspected hypochondriac father played by renowned Indian actor, Amitabh Bachchan. Both characters struggle to find a way to make their…

Film Review: ‘x + y’

Win one of ten double passes to x+y in our competition! Morgan Matthews’ first feature film, x+y, is as visually compelling as it is emotionally provocative. Inspired by his BAFTA award-winning documentary, Beautiful Young Minds, Matthews has created characters so realistically…

Film Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan tells the story of Kolia (Alexey Serebryakov), a man fighting to keep his property and family, that has been the brainchild of the well-known Russian film director for almost a decade. From the tragic story of the American…