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DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: LEVIATHAN (2012, UK/US/FRANCE)
Dir: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel By Will Donelson Leviathan documents 24 hours on-board a commercial fishing ship in the North Atlantic. It is hard to determine whether the label of...
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BRITISH: FILM REVIEW: A FIELD IN ENGLAND (2013, UK)
Dir: Ben Wheatley By Will Donelson How would one label A Field in England? A horror? A fantasy? A farce? The most common term I’ve seen floating around is that Ben Wheatley’s latest is a “drug movie”....
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GET TO KNOW: DIRECTOR PROFILE: GABRIELE MUCCINO
Gabriele Muccino has always found his footing in familial and character-driven drama. He began his career as a Director in 1996, working on the TV series Un Posto Al Sole (A Place in the Sun), notable...
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CENTRAL EUROPE: FILM REVIEW: THE VOICES (2014, SWEDEN/US)
Dir: Marjane Satrapi By: Will Donelson (Sundance Film Festival London 2014) The Voices is the latest from director Marjane Satrapi, who made a name for herself with the critically-acclaimed Persepolis...
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ASIA: FILM REVIEW: SHONGRAM (2014, BANGLADESH)
Shongram is a Bengal film set during the heated conflict of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The film follows Karim, a young and cheery man, as he goes from an innocent and carefree civilian to a...
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FILM FESTIVAL: EVENT REVIEW: SECRET CINEMA SHOWS BACK TO THE FUTURE
I must confess I had no idea what I was actually in for with Secret Cinema. The basic gist is that they hold events where they reenact films and set-up different locations. I was pretty murky on...
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FilmDoo INTERVIEW: Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti
Noor is the docudrama that has been taking film festivals both mainstream and those with an LGBT focus by storm since its Cannes debut. FilmDoo’s Will Donelson sits down with Turkish and French...
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GET TO KNOW: FIVE BLACK FEMALE DIRECTORS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT (PART ONE)
There’s been a deserved outcry about the lack of representation in mainstream cinema. It’s always been an issue that’s been widely acknowledged without causing much unrest. Public figures would make...
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