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Six Billion dollar man (15) Film Review
 It is a masterclass in documentary craft: never-seen embassy footage, explosive archival material, and intimate interviews.

Six Billion dollar man (15) Film Review

Matthew Morlai Kamara December 22, 2025
It is a masterclass in documentary craft: never-seen embassy footage, explosive archival material, and intimate interviews.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (PG) |Close-Up Film Review
 This film version of the story of the wooden puppet who longs to be a real boy is very different from the Disney one. This is after all del Toro, whose dark imagination gave us Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen December 9, 2022
This film version of the story of the wooden puppet who longs to be a real boy...
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When Autumn Falls (Quand vient l’automne) (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
 Writer director Francois Ozon is very versatile. Each of his films is different from the last, but they are always good stories with one common thread.

When Autumn Falls (Quand vient l’automne) (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 22, 2025
Writer director Francois Ozon is very versatile.   Each of his films is different from the last, but they...
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One to One: John & Yoko (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 The lives of the Beatles and particulary John Lennon are always intriguing and this film throws light on the 18 months that John and Yoko lived in Greenwich Village.

One to One: John & Yoko (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman April 21, 2025
The lives of the Beatles and particulary John Lennon are always intriguing and this film throws light...
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