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By Anne BrodieRiefenstahl by Andres Veiel raises the spectre of the Third Reich and its ignominy, focussing on its première filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler’s rumoured lover and a technically and artistically skilled filmmaker. She made two extraordinary Nazi propaganda films Triumph of the …
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By Anne Brodie... dreams indeed ...Dust to …
By Anne BrodieNetflix' Mae Martin miniseries Wayward casts an intriguingly odd and threatening spell in a remote forest where locals navigate disappearances, murder, kidnapping and child abuse. Tall Pines is a community on edge; the series opens with a loudspeaker blaring psychological abuse on …
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By Anne BrodieOk so we have all had bad neighbours. That uncomfortable truth drives Lauren Holly’s darkly funny Loathe Thy Neighbour, a sarcastic, absurd comedy shot in rural Hamilton, ON. Strangely two farms are tightly side by each, unusual, but there you have it. In one, the prickly, …
By Anne BrodieNetflix’s pulse pounder mini series Hostage is such dark fun. It concerns the relationship between two female national leaders, left leaning British Prime Minister Abigail Dalton (Suranne Jones) and conservative French President Vivienne Toussaint (Julie Delpy) they are at odds …
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