Violation (18/E) | Close-Up Film Review
By turns woozily immersive and starkly violent, this is a nuanced if visceral tale of sexual assault and the practicalities of revenge.
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Reunion (15) | Close-Up Film Review
Pregnant, tormented Ellie (Draper) comes home to practical mum Ivy (Ormond) when she finds it hard to cope. Ivy is busy preparing the dark, cluttered house that Ellie grew up in for sale. She is also caring for demented dad Jack (Bach).
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Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of time (15) | Close-Up Film Review
And the title is nearly as long in Hungarian! It refers to the actions of Márta (Natasa Stork), a talented surgeon, who returns to her native Budapest after working for many years in America.
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My Donkey, My Lover and I (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
This is a delightful, very French film which will surely brighten your day! We meet Antoinette (Laure Calamy from Call My Agent) in her classroom with a full class of 8-year-olds.
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Locked Down (15) | Close-Up Film Review
As with Malcolm and Marie, released earlier this year, Locked Down was made entirely under lockdown conditions and features a couple at war with each other.
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The Little Things (15) | Close-Up Film Review
Director John Lee Hancock first wrote the script for this film back in 1990 and for reasons best known to himself has retained that time setting.
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Judas and the Black Messiah (15) | Close-Up Film Review
In 1968 Fred Hampden, a charismatic campaigner for black rights through with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was elected chairman of the Black Panthers Illinois branch in Chicago.
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To Olivia (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
Probably the strongest image in the public mind of actor Hugh Bonneville is the bluff and sometimes bumbling head of the Downton clan. Or perhaps the sometimes irascible but basically kindly Dad figure to Paddington Bear. So for him to play the reputedly dark and often difficult author Roald Dahl might seem a bit of a stretch.
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Running Naked (12) | Close-Up Film Review
A film about cancer sufferers doesn’t sound very jolly, but, in fact, this film has a lot of light moments. It is a comedy – of sorts – about two lads, Mark (Matthew McNulty) and Ben (Andrew Gower), who bond together as teenagers while they are undergoing treatment for leukemia in hospital.
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Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
This is a film that’s great for youngsters; think Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with less chocolate and more mind-boggling technology.
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