Tag Archives: Joyce Glasser

The inspirational teacher genre gets an uplifting if formulaic new chapter in this fact-based story.

Joyce Glasser reviews Radical (August 9, 2024) Cert. 12A, 122 minutes, What is radical in Christopher Zalla’s second feature is the teaching method employed by an unlikely sixth grade teacher in an un ...

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A chilling look inside the Taliban as they build a military regime from American treasures to attract allies on the world stage

Joyce Glasser reviews Hollywoodgate (August 16, 2024) Cert 12A, 91 mins. In cinemas. In some of the best documentaries directors take us on an unpredictable journey and are as surprised at their disco ...

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The Curzon’s Béla Tarr season features his masterpiece, The Werckmeister Harmonies, a powerful allegory with relevance to the UK today.

Joyce Glasser reviews Béla Tarr Mini-Retrospective (August 10-September 2024) Curzon cinemas featuring The Werckmeister Harmonies (August 10-11), Cert 12, 147 mins. Multiple cinemas When Hungarian fil ...

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Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest masterwork takes a complaint about a teacher-student relationship to new, unfathomable places.

Joyce Glasser reviews About Dry Grasses (July 26, 2024) Cert. 15, 198 mins. The ninth film from the great 65-year-old Turkish director (co-writer, co-editor and producer) Nuri Bilge Ceylan has much in ...

andrew 1120 views 0 likes Aug 2, 2024