Memoria (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
Memoria, the latest film from Palme d’Or prize-winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, is a fresh and worthy instalment in the rich history of sensory, slow cinema.
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Director Gaspar Noé who brought you the almost unbearably painful 20 minute rape sequence in Irreversible now takes an equally unrelenting look at old age.
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Barry and Joan (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
In the seventy odd years they have been together, Barry and Joan Grantham embody a living history of musical and comedy entertainment, as this delightful documentary demonstrates.
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Savage Waters |Close-Up Film Review
A 19th century treasure-hunter’s journal inspires a journey to seek out and surf a mythical, never-ridden wave in the dangerous Atlantic waters surrounding the Savage Islands.
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Downton Abbey: A New Era (PG) |Close-Up Film Review
Like a warm comforting duvet, the second Downton Abbey film – a spin-off from the TV series – has come to us to the delight of its many fans. Bringing back almost all of the well-known characters from Julian Fellows’ TV series.
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Fascinating documentary about a woman who changed the whole way of American cookery. Unexpectedly finding herself a star of TV, Julia Child brought French cooking to her home country.
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Your Mum and Dad: A Devastating Truth (15) | Close-Up Film Review
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (15) | Close-up film Review
Anyone, but particularly an actor, who doesn’t take themselves too seriously, has my respect and liking. In this case it’s Nicholas Cage. The title of the film says it all really.
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Benedetta (18) |Close-Up Film Review
Paul Verhoeven’s film is inspired by a report found in the archives of Florence of the trial for blasphemy and lesbianism of Benedetta, a young nun, which took place in the early 17th century.
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