March 9, 2026

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Three Colours: White (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 Three Colours: White, the second film in the Three Colours Trilogy, is a bleak and pessimistic work. In contrast to Three Colours: Blue,

Three Colours: White (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Ben Thomas April 7, 2023 0
A newly restored version of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: White is being re-released into cinemas by Curzon....
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Three Colours: Blue (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 Thirty years since its initial release in 1993, a newly restored version of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue is being re-released into cinemas by Curzon.

Three Colours: Blue (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Ben Thomas March 31, 2023 1
Thirty years since its initial release in 1993, a newly restored version of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours:...
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The Wife and Her House Husband (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 Marcus Marcou is the very enterprising director who distributed his first feature film Papadopoulos and Sons himself, when no distributer was interested in doing so – and by using some bold and original promotion techniques, made it a very successful hit movie.

The Wife and Her House Husband (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 10, 2023 0
Marcus Marcou is the very enterprising director who distributed his first feature film Papadopoulos and Sons himself, when no...
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Fashion Reimagined  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
 Fashion Reimagined

Fashion Reimagined  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 2, 2023 0
Rising young fashion designer Amy Powney is on a mission – an unusual one for the fashion...
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What’s Love Got to Do with it?  (12) |Close-Up Film Review
 The writer/co-producer of this unjudgmental film about the Asian culture of arranged marriage in the modern world is Jemima Khan, who was formerly married to cricket star and former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, so she knows what she’s talking about in this affectionate and unusual rom-com.

What’s Love Got to Do with it?  (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen February 24, 2023 0
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