drama
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Working Woman
Michal Aviad’s second feature drama, the finely nuanced Working Woman is an Israeli take on the #MeToo movement that clearly re-affirms the complexity of workplace harassment and that no two cases are ever the same. 30-something-year-old Orna (Liron Ben Shlush) is the mother of three small children and whose husband has just opened his…
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Green Book : the best man on man love story of the awards season
Odd couples are seeds for great stories. If you squint a little to see it The Green Book is more than a mismatched road trip pairing of black and white, gay and straight, talent and ignorance. It is the best man on man love story of the awards season Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo…
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Louder Than Words
When Ansel (Luke Farley) a young musician comes across Niall (Marty Laufer) dancing his heart out in the school practice rooms he has no idea that hs is deaf. There is however an immediate attraction between the two but first they have to learn how to communicate their feelings. This charming and heartfelt…
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Godless
The I in this LGBTQI movie doesn’t in fact stand for ‘intersex’ but for a taboo grouping that many people still find unacceptable. Filmmaker Joshua Lim tackles it sensitively and without melodrama and although the movie is unlikely to change people’s minds, it does offer a sympathetic view that is at least intriguing. This…
