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  • The Outrun

    ★★★★½

  • Leo

    ★★★

  • Saltburn

    ★★★★½

  • Whiplash

    ★★★★

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  • Whiplash

    Whiplash

    ★★★★

    Damien chazelle whiplash is an indépendant psychological drama that invites the audience to question the cost of the pursuit of perfection. The film follows Andrew Neiman, an ambitious music student who finds himself at the hands of Terence fletcher , an ambitious yet abusive music conductor of a prestigious studio band. Throughout, we witness the fall of various victims of Fletchers approach, his violent and brutal teaching style pushing them to their physical and emotional limit, Andrew being no acception.…

  • Stories We Tell

    Stories We Tell

    ★★½

    Stories we Tell is a Sarah Polley documentary that  centres around her upbringing and family dynamic. A meta narrative approach is adapted through the use of talking head interviews of several members of the family. 
    therefor the spectators are presented  with varying sides and perspectives of Diane, Sarah’s mother.  
    Several modes of documentary are adopted including reconstructions shit through a super 8 camera, creating the illusion of nostalgic ‘home footage’. This in turn, deceives the audience and blurs the…

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