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The Duke — British Film Festival 2021

The Duke — British Film Festival 2021

Full-time social reformer Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent) has a pet peeve: an annual levy on television receivers, without concession to ...
Perfumes [Les parfums]

Perfumes [Les parfums]

Guillaume (Grégory Montel), a somewhat maladjusted single father, has steady casual work as a chauffeur for hire. He needs to ...
[Film review] De Gaulle

[Film review] De Gaulle

World War II, June 1940, Paris. Germany has crossed into France and battered the French military. In a French cabinet ...
Fahim, the Little Chess Prince [Fahim] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

Fahim, the Little Chess Prince [Fahim] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

Fahim is based on the the real-life story of Fahim Mohammad, a young Bangladeshi with chess talent who, in 2012, ...
Perfumes [Les parfums] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

Perfumes [Les parfums] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

Guillaume (Grégory Montel), a somewhat maladjusted single father, has steady casual work as a chauffeur for hire. He needs to ...
Delicious [Délicieux] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

Delicious [Délicieux] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

In 1789 France, revolution is brewing. But aristocrats confident of their inborn right to rule continue to indulge themselves in ...
Gagarine — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

Gagarine — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

A housing complex, Cité Gagarine, built on the outskirts of Paris in the 1960s and named in honour of Soviet ...
De Gaulle — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

De Gaulle — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

World War II, June 1940, Paris. Germany has crossed into France and battered the French military. In a French cabinet ...
Antoinette in the Cévennes [Antoinette dans les Cévennes] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

Antoinette in the Cévennes [Antoinette dans les Cévennes] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021

The school holidays are imminent, and teacher Antoinette (Laure Calamy) is excited by the prospect of a clandestine week with ...
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs

In keeping with modern cinematic sensibilities, the opening scenes of Red Shoes & the Seven Dwarfs feature an action-packed sequence ...