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The time is 1934 and the critic of the title is Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellan). He is respected and feared throughout the London theatre world. He is also gay at a time when homosexuality is illegal, though that is but one strand of the story.

September 14, 2024 Carol Allen

The Critic (15) |Close-Up Film Review

The time is 1934 and the critic of the title is Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellan). He is respected and feared throughout the London theatre world.

This is a modest, low budget film driven by human feelings. Jared Harris and Juliet Stephenson play husband and wife John and Mary, whose daughter Clare ran away from home ten years earlier when she was only 14.

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September 14, 2024 Carol Allen

Reawakening (15) |Close-Up Film Review

This is a modest, low budget film driven by human feelings. Jared Harris and Juliet Stephenson play husband and wife John and Mary, whose daughter Clare ran away from home ten years earlier when she was only 14.

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September 7, 2024 Carol Allen

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

It’s over a quarter of a century since the title character created by actor Michael Keaton and director Tim Burton first chilled the Deetz family.

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September 7, 2024 Carol Allen

Firebrand (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Despite being a handsome costume drama, rather than going in for swashbuckling action, Firebrand is concerned with the more low key themes of politics and manipulation.

1st September marked the 75th anniversary of this classic film from director Carol Reed and writer Graham Green, which was first screened in a small cinema in Hastings in 1949.

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September 7, 2024 Carol Allen

The Third Man (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

1st September marked the 75th anniversary of this classic film from director Carol Reed and writer Graham Green, which was first screened in a small cinema in Hastings in 1949.

Atmosphere, period detail and provenance prevail in Daniel Kokotajlo’s second feature, which is a loving ode to the 1970s folk horror tradition.

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September 5, 2024 Colin Dibben

Starve Acre (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Atmosphere, period detail and provenance prevail in Daniel Kokotajlo’s second feature, which is a loving ode to the 1970s folk horror tradition.

Alexandre Dumas’ famous novel has been filmed and dramatized for television scores of times in many languages – the last big screen version in English starred Jim Caviezel.

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August 30, 2024 Carol Allen

Count of Monte-Cristo (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Alexandre Dumas’ famous novel has been filmed and dramatized for television scores of times in many languages – the last big screen version in English starred Jim Caviezel.

Actress Zoë Kravitz makes an impressive debut as director here in a thriller which is a fast moving and good looking mix of slasher horror and feminism.

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August 22, 2024 Carol Allen

Blink Twice (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Actress Zoë Kravitz makes an impressive debut as director here in a thriller which is a fast moving and good looking mix of slasher horror and feminism.