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Yorgos Lanthimos, UK, 2018 Thinking about it today after seeing it last night, this film is much funnier than I…

High Life

Claire Denis, France, 2018 They say Denis films are slow-burners; they weasel their way into your consciousness and you only…

I’ve just discovered Letters Live, a project in London where people (usually actors or famous people, by the looks) spend…

Showing as part of Barcelona’s Americana Film Festival, I only made it to this programme of short films from the…

A protest with the feel of a celebration. Barcelona marks International Women’s Day in style.

If you go out tonight, try to avoid wearing beer goggles. You’ll know in the morning if you did. These…

In my world, today is new year’s day. So happy new year! It seems to me the dark, cold days…

Abbasi, Sweden, 2019 I’d heard it was weird, this film – hermaphrodite trolls. And it is strange, but in a…

I’ve been thinking quite a bit this weekend about gender. One of my students (a native Spanish speaker) likes to…

Damn you Face, I’ll show you! I’m going to cut off Nose, and we’ll see who’s laughing then! Ha! So…