drama
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Evening Shadows
The timing could not be more perfect for the screening of Indian filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan’s beautifully nuanced family drama coming so soon after his country’s Supreme Court finally legalizing homosexuality. Being gay waa always taboo in India but never a crime in itself, but the sexual act between two men was. This is the story of Kartik…
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The Wife
Glenn Close is first rate in this second rate movie. Her sublimely nuanced performance in the title role is the only reason to watch this otherwise very pedestrian film. Close stars as Joan Castleman the wife of Joe (Jonathan Pryce) who is just about to be woken in the middle of the night by a phone…
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Malila: The Farewell Flower
This visually beautiful movie from Thailand avoids a traditional narrative and relies heavily on mystical and magical elements to tell this deeply moving story about love and loss. Pich (Anuchit Sapanpong ) has returned home to his remote country village to attend his mother’s funeral even though he is hardly well himself having just refused…
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Sodom
Brit film critic Mark Wilshin steps behind the camera for his very impressive feature film debut with this enthralling passionate love story. The action which takes place on one single night in Berlin when 20 year old Will (Pip Brignall) a bridegroom-to-be has been abandoned by his mates handcuffed to a streetlamp wearing nothing…
