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The New Look Episode 8 Review – ‘I Love You Most of All’

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Chris Connor reviews the eighth episode of The New Look… The New Look ups the ante in its eighth episode with a scene stealing guest role for Glenn Close as legendary Harper’s Bazaar Editor Carmel Snow. Her involvement in this episode, seeking out an icon to define Parisian fashion post-war, reminds us of the towering […]

Movie Review – Robot Dreams (2023)

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Robot Dreams, 2023. Directed by Pablo Berger. Featuring the voice talents of Ivan Labanda, Graciela Molina, José Mediavilla, José García Tos, Esther Solans, Tito Trifol, and Rafa Calvo. SYNOPSIS: Dog lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they […]

Masters of The Air – Part Nine Review

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Chris Connor reviews the finale of Masters of the Air… Masters of the Air has perhaps not been discussed in the same manner as Band of Brothers or The Pacific but it has proven a smash hit regardless, carried by its star cast and exhilarating action. It’s the quieter, character-driven moments that have been most […]

The New Look Episode 7 Review – ‘It All Came True’

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Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of The New Look… The New Look’s seventh episode has the scattered approach of the previous episodes, split between Coco returning to Paris in secret, Catherine helping repatriate those in the camps and Christian deciding on his future, cutting ties with Lucien Lelong. It still feels quite melodramatic but […]

Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review – Black Dog

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Black Dog, 2023. Directed by George Jaques. Starring Jamie Flatters, Keenan Munn-Francis, Nicholas Pinnock, Paul Kaye, Hattie Morahan, and Ruby Stokes. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage boys from very different London backgrounds embark on a road trip North together. As they start to open up about their pasts, the boys learn they have far more in common […]

Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review – The Burning Season

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The Burning Season, 2023. Directed by Sean Garrity. Starring Jonas Chernick, Sara Canning, Joe Pingue, and Tanisha Thammavongsa. SYNOPSIS: Alena and her husband spend a summer up at Luna Lake Resort. JB runs the place. He and Alena begin a dangerous and passionate secret affair. Summers only. That’s the rule. Until they break it. A […]

Masters of the Air – Part Eight Review

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Chris Connor reviews the eighth episode of Masters of the Air… Masters of the Air’s penultimate episode sets the stage for the show’s conclusion as the allied forces move closer to reclaiming Europe both in the build-up and aftermath of the D-Day landings, of course, depicted in the previous series Band of Brothers. The focus […]

Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review – The Teachers’ Lounge

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The Teachers’ Lounge, 2023. Directed by Ilker Çatak. Starring Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer, and Rafael Stachowiak. SYNOPSIS: When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions […]