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Programme Notes: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Desire becomes a small flame that slowly burns, until it transforms into a ferocious blaze that can’t be contained.
Programme Notes: Mr Jones
The prolific Polish-born director Agnieszka Holland has created a striking film set in early 1933, when Stalin’s experiment in social engineering came off the rails and resulted in a terrible famine.
Programme Notes: Queen & Slim
Sanne Jehoul takes a look at Queen and Slim and the questions it raises
Programme Notes: Waves
Layla-Roxanne Hill looks at Waves in the context of Black cinematic stories and the people telling them.
Programme Notes: Jojo Rabbit
Waititi's use of innocents allows him to explore his interest in characters who not only wish to believe, but wish to convince others to believe them.
Programme Notes: La Dolce Vita
With the film arriving in cinemas to celebrate the filmmaker’s 100th birthday, La Dolce Vita’s lasting presence in cinema is a testament to the immortal Fellini.
Programme Notes: So Long, My Son
One of the main themes of the film is the one-child policy adopted by the Chinese government in 1970s to limit China’s population growth.
Programme Notes: Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach, as is the case with many writer-directors, likes to mine his own life for material.
Programme Notes: Sorry We Missed You
Ken Loach has been a thorn in the side of unjust institutions since the start of his career.
Programme Notes: Monos
Life is fluid and full of contrasts in Monos, the third film from Colombian-Ecuadorian director Alejandro Landes.
Programme notes: The Day Shall Come
It's a brand of comedy that's been aptly described as ‘the struggle of common sense against hysteria’.