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The Past

Life for Marie is very fraught. Ahmed, her soon-to-be-ex husband arrives back in Paris from his native Tehran to finalise their divorce.  Marie is already living with her next husband-to-be Samir a laundry owner whose current wife is still lying in a coma after a failed suicide attempt. And the ramshackle crowded household has three children … Continue reading

THE PATIENCE STONE

In a decrepit bomb-damaged house in a  war-torn country ….probably Afghanistan ……an unnamed young woman in her mid thirties is struggling to take care of her two young children and also her much older husband who was seriously wounded in a battle. A bullet in his neck has reduced him to a comatose state, and … Continue reading

The People Vs Fritz Bauer

The official West German government’s hunt for war criminals in the 1950’s was getting nowhere, and a whole slew of prominent Nazis who had been responsible for crimes against humanity were still at large. By now many SS officers had simply swapped their uniforms in exchange for a desk job in one of several important governmental … Continue reading

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

It’s 1991 and Charlie a nervous and melancholic teenager is praying to make it through his first year in High School in one piece. He’s a really bright kid but such a loner and when he encounters an eccentric live-wire Patrick, a Senior who has been sent down to re-take his junior year, he gravitates … Continue reading

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

This enthralling new movie from filmmaker Derek Cianfrance (BLUE VALENTINE) is a thriller in three acts which link together to tell an engrossing story.  The first part …. by far the strongest …. is the story of Luke a stunt motorcyclist in a travelling carnival who discovers he has a bad son.  This tattooed covered … Continue reading

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