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Supernova - Exquisitely performed by the two stars, Tucci especially, this is a big weepie about a devoted gay couple, pianist Sam (Firth) and writer Tusker (Tucci) who are...

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French Exit - An eccentric film about an eccentric widow, Frances (played by Pfeiffer with a scarlet gash of lipstick), once a famous socialite who, with the death of her (hated)...

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I Care a Lot - Marla Grayson (Pike) is a woman you'll love to hate. Ruthless, ambitious and clever, she makes Cruella de Vil look like Mary Poppins. And her racket certainly is...

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Trial of the Chicago 7, The - One of the more shameful lowpoints in American judicial history, this depicts, in fairly straightforward manner, the sensational trial of seven of the 'ringleaders' of...

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Gatecrash - This is the kind of film where the writers have more fun with the dialogue than the viewer watching their film. You can imagine the three scripters (including the...

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Sator - Those Blair Witch films have a lot to answer for. In a film shot in semi-darkness, we're back in those woods again, made as sinister as the director can manage on a...

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Another Round - Another uncompromising depiction (albeit with a few lighter touches) of the ravages of alcohol, focusing on four male Danish teachers in early middle age who have become...

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Dig, The - An absorbing film about the finding of an anglo-Saxon burial ship beneath a mound in Sutton Hoo in 1939. The owner of the grounds, widow Edith Pretty (Mulligan), who is...

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