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Those unfamiliar with the work of Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos are in for a rude awakening with his latest masterful foray into the weird and wonderful realms of surreality. Unlike Lanthimos’ last dazzler, The Lobster, the boundaries of The Killing of a Sacred Deer are existent in a world that is inescapably our own and proves all the more disturbing for it. Consider this fair warning.
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For his latest snippet of understudied America, Sean Baker has switched coasts; he’s travelled from the orange sunsets of Los Angeles in Tangerine the Orange County for The Florida Project. He’s also gone from filming on an iPhone to production in 35mm, with a budget twenty times bigger. A technological leap this might be, The Florida Project remains a treasure by virtue of its simplicity and, vibrantly cinematic, authenticity.
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Claiming the honour of being the best Thor film to date isn’t exactly high praise but, in the case of Thor: Ragnarok, it does at least herald the incoming of a pleasingly fresher take on the Norse god’s super-sub-franchise. With the surprisingly tangible vision of Hunt of Wilderpeople’s Taika Waititi, part-three Thor makes for a fun addition to Marvel’s tiresomely sprawling universe and blessed relief for Chris Hemsworth’s erstwhile little used funny bones.
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