Foe - Review | LFF 2023

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Foe - Review | LFF 2023

Directed by: Garth Davis

Written by: Iain Reid, Garth Davis

Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre

Runtime: 110 min

Synopsis: A haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen (Saoirse Ronan) and Junior (Paul Mescal) farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Based on best-selling author Iain Reid's novel of the same name.

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Evil Does Not Exist - Review | LFF 2023

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Evil Does Not Exist - Review | LFF 2023

Directed by: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Written by: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Starring: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka

Runtime: 106 min

Synopsis: A camping site development that’s under way in the peaceful village of Mizubiki will forever change the community and surrounding environment. The investors feel differently: ‘A little pollution won’t affect the water’.

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Fingernails - Review | LFF 2023

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Fingernails - Review | LFF 2023

Directed by: Christos Nikou

Written by: Christos Nikou, Sam Steiner, Stavros Raptis

Starring: Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, Annie Murphy, Luke Wilson

Runtime: 113 min

Synopsis: Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) have found true love. It's been proven by a controversial new technology. There's just one problem: Anna still isn't sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute, and meets Amir (Riz Ahmed).

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All of Us Strangers - Review | LFF 2023

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All of Us Strangers - Review | LFF 2023

Directed by: Andrew Haigh

Written by: Andrew Haigh

Starring: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy

Runtime: 105 min

Synopsis: One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.

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No One Will Save You (2023) - Review

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No One Will Save You (2023) - Review

Directed by: Brian Duffield

Written by: Brian Duffield

Starring: Kaitlyn Dever

Runtime: 93 min

Synopsis: Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever) is a creative and talented young woman who’s been alienated from her community. Lonely but ever hopeful, Brynn finds solace within the walls of the home where she grew up - until she's awakened one night by strange noises from decidedly unearthly intruders. What follows is an action-packed face-off between Brynn and a host of extraterrestrial beings who threaten her future while forcing her to deal with her past.

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A Haunting in Venice (2023) - Review

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A Haunting in Venice (2023) - Review

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Written by: Michael Green

Starring: Kyle Allen, Kenneth Branagh, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michelle Yeoh

Runtime: 103 min

Synopsis: Set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows' Eve, the film is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

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The Inventor (2023) - Review

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The Inventor (2023) - Review

Directed by: Jim Capobianco, Pierre-Luc Granjon

Written by: Jim Capobianco

Starring: Stephen Fry, Daisy Ridley, Marion Cotillard, Gauthier Battoue, Matt Berry

Runtime: 92 min

Synopsis: Famed inventor and artist Leonardo da Vinci left Italy for France. In his new country, da Vinci joins the French court where he experiments with flying contraptions, invents machines and studies the human body, all in an effort to answer the question: "What is the meaning of life?"

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In the Land of Saints and Sinners - Review | Venice 2023

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In the Land of Saints and Sinners - Review | Venice 2023

Directed by: Robert Lorenz

Written by: Mark Michael McNally, Terry Loane

Starring: Liam Neeson, Kerry Condon, Jack Gleeson, Colm Meaney, Ciarán Hinds, Sarah Greene

Runtime: 106 min

Synopsis: A newly retired assassin gets drawn into a lethal game of cat and mouse with a trio of vengeful terrorists.

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Origin - Review | Venice 2023

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Origin - Review | Venice 2023

Directed by: Ava DuVernay

Written by: Ava DuVernay

Starring: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Nick Offerman, Blair Underwood, Connie Nielsen, Emily Yancy, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Finn Wittock, Victoria Pedretti, Isha Blaaker, Myles Frost

Runtime: 130 min

Synopsis: The remarkable life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates the genesis of injustice and uncovers a hidden truth that affects us all.

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Hit Man - Review | Venice 2023

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Hit Man - Review | Venice 2023

Directed by: Richard Linklater

Written by: Richard Linklater, Glen Powell

Starring: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta

Runtime: 113 min

Synopsis: Gary Johnson is the most sought-after professional killer in New Orleans. To his clients, he is like something out of a movie: the mysterious gun for hire. But if you pay him to rub out a cheating spouse or an abusive boss, you’d better watch your back - he works for the cops. When he breaks protocol to help a desperate woman trying to flee an abusive boyfriend, he finds himself becoming one of his false personas, falling for the woman and flirting with turning into a criminal himself.

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