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Paromita Sengupta
Apr 11, 2021
Poolside [Alex Kinter & Erik Schuessler, USA, 2020]
‘How long do you have to be alone before you go crazy?’ Set in the 1950s America, Poolside is a suspense thriller with questions that run...
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Marcus Hansen
Apr 11, 2021
Covid Tales: House Party [Mike Spence, United Kingdom, 2021]
In the age or ageing of COVID-19, former barriers—between work and play, community and solidarity, movement and stasis—have melted away.
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Daniel Hess
Mar 21, 2021
Amaranthine [Chen Jiexiao, Singapore/China, 2021]
A densely packed and highly meditative experimental short film, Amaranthine provides a strong commentary on the gentrification...
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Natalia Brammen
Mar 6, 2021
Starlings [Simon Allen, UK, 2021]
Since the creation of cinema, filmmakers, critics, and even audiences have often favoured the visual aspect of filmmaking.
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Luca di-Maio
Mar 3, 2021
Quiet Moments [Lucy Birnie, UK, 2021]
Pandemic filmmaking is a real phenomenon that is spawning some quality cinema from hardy creatives that are bending over backwards...
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