PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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Film round-up: October 31, 2024
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Anora, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Blitz, and Heretic
LAS VEGAS HERE WE COME: Mark Eidelshtein and Mikey Madison, centre, in Anora (2024)
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LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Anora (18)
Directed by Sean Baker
★★★★
A WORTHY winner of this year’s Palme d’Or prize at Cannes, Sean Baker’s enthralling drama is a grittier take on Pretty Woman with a Russian twist.
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