Contributor Adam Lee Davies

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Reviews

Arcadia

Director Paul Wright embarks on an archive-footage odyssey across Britain’s vast cultural landscape.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Reviews

The Party

Woolly dialogue undermines a strong cast and intriguing plot in Sally Potter’s drab drama.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Reviews

Brimstone

A host of star names can’t salvage this grim thriller-western from director Martin Koolhoven.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A young man and woman nestled in an eggshell-like crevice, their faces visible and smiling.
Festivals

El Bar – first look review

Álex de la Iglesia’s frisky, single-set survival thriller from Spain loses its steam after an impressive opening act.
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Festivals

Revolution of Sound: Tangerine Dream – first look review

A solid docu-homage to the strung-out German synth-proggers and occasional film soundtrackers.
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The Queen of Spain – first look review

Penélope Cruz stars in this frolicsome love letter to Spanish cinema’s golden age from director Fernando Trueba.
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The Party – first look review

Pseudo-intellectual pontificating abounds in Sally Potter’s brisk middle class comedy.
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Final Portrait – first look review

Stanley Tucci returns behind the camera for this slight, satisfying chamber drama on the process of artistic creation.
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Festivals

Django – first look review

A nimble-fingered movie biopic of the ace guitar picker who entertained the Nazis opens the 2017 Berlinale.
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Festivals

The Dinner – first look review

Cinema dictates that movie dinner dates are supposed to go bad. This Berlinale competition entry carries on that tradition.
Two young adults, a man and a woman, facing each other closely, having an intimate conversation.
Reviews

Snowden

The celebrity NSA whistleblower gets the hagiography he (possibly) deserves care of Oliver Stone.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Four scantily-clad women posing suggestively alongside a man wearing sunglasses and casual attire.
Obama Era Cinema

U-S-A 4EVA – An inaugural address to the Spring Break nation

How might President Barack Obama’s famous speech have looked had it been co-written by a certain James Franco?

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