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The official poster for Train Dreams [2025] show the film's protagonist, Robert Grainier, played by Joel Edgerton, standing in half the frame, head bowed and in workwear, with an axe over his shoulder. Trees climb from the top of the frame, surrounded by clouds. It's a visual suggestion that this is a film about labour… Continue reading What does Train Dreams say about work, family, and the self?
Mike Leigh's Hard Truths is several things, but it is most obviously a family-centric drama that focuses on several related people in their middle class lives in London. At its centre is Pansy, played by Marianne Jean-Baptiste. She is a fraught, complex character that obsessed over cleanliness and acts with anger towards her quiet husband and socially… Continue reading Film Review | Hard Truths
Monster is a dense and complex drama by Hirokazu Kore-eda that serves to explore contemporary Japan through the eyes of a mother, her son, and the boy's teacher in an entwined triptych. The film opens with a burning building in the centre of town, lighting up the dead of night. Whilst people take notice and observe,… Continue reading Film Review | Monster
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