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  The Ape Woman 1964

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Aug 2022

  Not an exploitation horror as the title may suggest, but more an affecting melodrama about exploitation, if you will.
  A down at heels huckster, Antonio (Ugo Tognazzi), meets a young woman, Maria (Annie Girardot), afflicted by hypertrichosis, excessive hairiness all over her face and body. Never one to miss an opportunity, he soon persuades the girl to leave the convent she has hidden in all her life with promises of wealth and adulation. But really all he can offer is…

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  Public Toilet Africa 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Aug 2022

  Despite its occasionally clumsy storytelling there is much to enjoy in this lively, humane and, sometimes, fierce dive into the Ghanaian (and wider) diaspora. Debutante film maker Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah weaves his stories of revenge, scandal, injustice and palm wine together mostly successfully but it is in the whole that the film shines, to stand back and take in its entirety is how Public Toilet Africa (Amansa Tiafi) works its magic.
  A talent to watch, Ofosu-Yeboah may not be the new…

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  Hidden Figures 2016

  ★½ Added

  When I think about middle-of-the-road movie-making in future, I will always think of Hidden Figures and its utterly pedestrian treatment of one of the greatest untold stories of the 20th century.

  For those not in the know, it's the story of how three African-American women (in particular) broke racist and sexist boundaries whilst working at NASA in 1960's Virginia. It's an incredibly positive and important story that is whiffed so badly as to be almost embarrassing.

  The movie has so…

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  Moonlight 2016

  ★★★★★ Added

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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