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Christian Petzold’s tantalizing new film does not always work, but is still unmissable

Joyce Glasser reviews Transit (August 16, 2019), Cert. 12A, 101 min. Christian Petzold’s intriguing, if perhaps overly ambitious new film Transit begins as a nail-biting, fast-paced, political thrille ...

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Is it the greatest Australian movie ever made?

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (Eureka) is the chant of the underdog, directed by Fred Schepisi in 1978. Based on a novel by Thomas Keneally and based on fact, i ...

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He said. She Said. But what actually happened? Was it consensual or was it rape?

Robert Tanitch reviews Actually at Trafalgar Studios 2, London SW1 Anna Ziegler is an American playwright and my guess is that her topical two-hander is going to be very popular and will be regularly ...

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Nigel Heath’s ‘gal’ let him down on a visit to his French holiday home

“Have you got the Brittany Ferry tickets?” my wife Jenny asked as we were coming to the end of our mid-morning packing to return to our holiday home in Northern France. Yes. I did but when I got them ...

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