January 9, 2026

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Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel, more or less, opens with a quote from Patti Smith. She says, “I’ve always liked to be where the big guys were”.

Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Ben Thomas January 19, 2023 0
Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel, more or less, opens with a quote from Patti Smith. She...
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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 0
This film version of the story of the wooden puppet who longs to be a real boy...
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Emily  (15) | Close-Up Film Review
 Emma Mackey, Frances O'Connor and more stepped out on the red carpet for the UK Premiere of #EmilyMovie. In Cinemas October 14.

Emily  (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen November 28, 2022 0
Despite her avowed enthusiasm for the subject, Australian actress France O’Connor’s directorial debut feature film about her...
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Strawberry Mansion (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
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Strawberry Mansion (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

Ben Thomas September 16, 2022 0
Government agent James Preble (Kentucker Audley) travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella...
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Official Competition (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martinez

Official Competition (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman September 11, 2022 0
Penelope Cruz - tick, Antonio Banderas – tick, Oscar Martinez – tick. And Banderas and Cruz together...
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Blacks Can’t Swim: The Sequel (12) |Close-Up Film Review
 Blacks Can’t Swim

Blacks Can’t Swim: The Sequel (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman July 4, 2022 0
Amazingly 95% of black adults and 80% of black children in the UK do not swim. It’s...
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Operation Mincemeat  (12) |Close-Up Film Review
 Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat  (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 9, 2022 0
This is based on the true story of an operation in World War 2, which changed the...
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