April 13, 2026

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Memories of my Father (u/c – suggest 12) | Close-Up Film Review
 Memories of my Father

Memories of my Father (u/c – suggest 12) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 25, 2021
Héctor Abad Gómez was a much loved figure in Colombia in the seventies and eighties. A...
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Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of time (15) | Close-Up Film Review
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Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of time (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 20, 2021
And the title is nearly as long in Hungarian! It refers to the actions of...
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My Donkey, My Lover and I (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
 My Donkey, My Lover and I

My Donkey, My Lover and I (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman March 19, 2021
This is a delightful, very French film which will surely brighten your day! We meet Antoinette (Laure...
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Judas and the Black Messiah (15) | Close-Up Film Review
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Judas and the Black Messiah (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 13, 2021 1
In 1968 Fred Hampden, a charismatic campaigner for black rights through with the National Association for the...
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The period and setting are evoked in crisp black and white, opening with archive footage of Algeria which tells us clearly that we have two cultures in the same physical place but not interacting with each other.

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