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Film round-up: May 23, 2024
Asexual tenderness, Mad Maxine, fake hitmen and time-travel: The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Slow, Furiosa, Hit Man and The Present
COMPLICATED BACK-STORY: Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga; Glen Powell in Hit Man

Slow (15)
Directed by Marija Kavtaradze

★★★

 


 
WHEN dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet sparks fly, but this isn’t your typical romance or love story. 

Elena (Greta Grineviciute) is very physical, passionate and sexual while Dovydas (Kestutis Cicenas) is asexual, as he confesses to her off the bat, which means they have to discover how to build their own kind of intimacy.

You are allowed to witness it without it being disrespectful or voyeuristic. It is sweet and tender and the film examines their differing physical needs and how they affect the relationship as it develops at a gentle and slow pace. 


Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (15)
Directed by George Miller 

★★★

 


Hit Man (15)
Directed by Richard Linklater

★★★★

 


The Present (PG) 
Directed by Christian Ditter

★★★

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