Sep 9, 2019
Dir.: John Schlesinger; Cast: Dustin Hoffman, John Voigt, Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Salt; USA 1969, 113 min.
Based on James Leo Herlihy’s 1965 novel, scripted by Black List victim Waldo...
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Sep 8, 2019
Dir: Kark Markovics | Drama, Austria 83’
This darkly amusing social satire premiering at this year’s TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL is the third outing for actor turned director Karl Markovics who is...
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Sep 7, 2019
Dir: Roman Polanski | Wri: Robert Harris | 122’
This sober story of xenophobia and corruption sees a long-standing military man stripped of his honour in a rain- soaked square in...
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Sep 7, 2019
Dir: Tiago Guedes. Portugal. 2019. 166mins
A slow-moving simmering saga that sees a discontented family’s fortunes ebb and flow in a vast estancia on banks of the Tagus where its macho...
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Sep 6, 2019
Dir. Robert Guédiguian. France/Italy. 2019. 107mins
Veteran director Robert Guédiguian knows his audience, his cast and muse: he makes politically aware films about ordinary working class people facing crisis in his native...
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Sep 6, 2019
Dir.: Isabel Sandoval; Cast: Isabel Sandoval, Lynn Cohen, Eamon Farren; USA/Philippines 2019, 94'
Philippines born US-based Isabel Sandoval is the director, writer, actor, editor and co-producer of this semi-autobiographical labour of...
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Sep 5, 2019
Dir.: Valentyn Vasyanovych; Cast: Andriy Rymaruk, Liudmyla Bileka. Sergiy Katya; USA/Ukraine 2019, 104 min.
This third feature by Ukranian director/writer DoP Valentyn Vasyanovych (Kredens) is a bleak dystopian fable set in...
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Sep 3, 2019
Dir. David Michôd. US/Australia. 2019. 133mins
David Michôd’s The King re-imagines history to give a rather intriguing version of the story of Henry IV’s least favourite son Prince Hal, a Prince...
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Sep 2, 2019
Dir Yonfan | Cast: Voices by Sylvia Chang, Zhao Wei, Alex Lam, Yao Wei, Tian Zhuangzhuang | Hong Kong 125’
Very much intended for an adult audience - and particularly cat lovers...
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