5 min movie guide
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ESSENTIAL KILLING
Mohammed, a Taliban Fighter, is captured by the US Military in Afghanistan and is being transported to a mysterious detention centre in an unnamed Eastern European country. When his transport crashes he makes a dash for freedom through the forests and snow-laden terrain of a country he doesn’t know. There are flashbacks that remind us…
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POETRY
When 66-year-old Mija learns that she is in the early stages of dementia, she goes into complete denial. Her life in a South Korean suburb is already tough enough. She works as a housemaid/carer to a demanding half-paralyzed old man, and also looks after her uncontrollable sullen teenage lay-about grandson Jongwok whose father has long…
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SUBMARINE
Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate is decidedly weird and extremely delusional which is all part of his charm. When he’s not day dreaming at school about the imagined outburst of nationwide grief that would occur if he died, he has two big ambitions. He is desperate to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and he also…
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THE ARBOR
This depressingly grim and sadly true story of the life of troubled Brit playwright Andrea Dunbar which had very little joy, has been made into a powerfully mesmerizing movie by artist and film maker Clio Bernard who has merged documentary with performances that makes it such a compelling view. Ms Dunbar, one of nine children,…
