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A Perfect Man
James is an architect with a wandering eye and when Nina his publisher wife catches him with his latest paramour, who happens to be her best friend and the wife of James’s business partner, she calls it a day and storms off out of their apartment and marriage too. After she leaves James finishes his…
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12 Years A Slave
I’m still trying to get my head around the fact that it took a British acclaimed filmmaker, and a Golden Globe nominated British and a German actor to make what is possibly the best movie EVER about American slavery. Steve McQueen’s take on the true story of Solomon Northup, an African-American free man who in…
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Longing Nights
From newbie Spanish writer/director Tiago Leão comes this overwhelmingly sad docudrama of four 20 something year olds who seek pleasure whenever and with whoever they can to escape the sheer loneliness of their lives. Set in the night streets of Madrid, these four separate different stories are each steeped in the same world of sex…
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MOTHER OF GEORGE
The opening scenes of Andrew Dosunmu’s very touching drama is the scene of a Nigerian wedding with its glorious technicolour of vibrant flowing robes, and energetic singing and dancing, and all the traditional rituals is a joyous sight to be hold. This rich canvas however is not set in Africa, but in a Banqueting Hall in…
