Contributor David Jenkins

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Reviews

Dig! XX review – the original version is still the best

Ondi Timoner revisits her classic 2004 rock doc with an extended version that doesn’t add much to the greatness of the original.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Santosh review – carefully draws you into its dismal intrigue

Shahana Goswami stars as a widow who inherits her late husband’s police officer position in Sandhya Suri’s sharp fiction debut.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Reviews

All Happy Families review – a sweet reckoning with family strife

This well-mounted ensemble comedy sees a schlubby Josh Radnor forced to deal with a visit from his eccentric parents and brother.

3
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3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Opus review – off-key pop industry satire misses all its cues

John Malkovich is an electro pop god with an axe to grind in this glossy music industry horror-satire by debut director Mark Anthony Green

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2
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Reviews

On Falling review – Solidly-made slice of Loachian miserablism

The dire lot of a low-paid factory worker is the subject of this rigorous if hardly revelatory character study from debut director Laura Carreira.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Tornado – first-look review

John “Slow West” Maclean returns with a Samurai-inspired heist thriller set in the English wilds – the eccentric results are mixed.
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Reviews

I Am Martin Parr review – a one-sided artist portrait

An unapologetic hagiography of the famed British photographer whose work chronicles working class leisure time.

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2
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Reviews

Memoir of a Snail – a stop-motion marvel with a dark heart

The life of a snail-fixated loner plays out as a series of disasters in this stridently emotional animated feature from Australian filmmaker, Adam Elliot.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Reviews

The Fire Inside review – a sporting biog that lacks originality

Rachel Morrison directs a script by Barry Jenkins with this sadly-underwhelming underdog boxing biopic of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Interview: Cate Blanchett and Matty Sidle

With already countless strings to her acting bow, Cate Blanchett adds yet one more by starring in Matty Sidle’s experimental comic short, Bozo Over Roses.

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