By Simon Miraudo December 18, 2013 December: for avid list-makers, it’s the cinematic equivalent of Thunderdome. (Hundreds of movies go in. Only one comes out.) We’ve spent the past eleven months reviewing 2013′s releases as fairly and thoughtfully as possible, but that veneer of considerate criticism will be dropped in favour of sweet, sweet chart-making. […]
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Feel everything – Short Term 12 review
December 17, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo December 17, 2013 Teenagers – like eternal adolescents Fiona Apple and Cameron Crowe – just feel so much, and Destin Daniel Cretton channels that emotional intensity into his alternately sorrowful and euphoric Short Term 12. Taking place over a tumultuous few weeks, it tracks the trials and tribulations of the staff at […]
Continue readingThe Top 10 Female Performances of 2013
December 10, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo December 10, 2013 The performance that enraptured audiences most in 2013 was Jennifer Lawrence as ‘Regular Human Woman’ – an ambitious gambit that paid off spectacularly. So novel was the humanity emanating from this Hollywood actress, gifs of her playfully flipping off photographers and spilling all her mints during a press conference […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – The Grandmaster / Ain’t Them Bodies Saints / Short Term 12
August 28, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks August 28, 2013 The Manhattan Report: By now we’re sadly all aware that mobile phones are part of the theatre-going experience. Chatting couples, rowdy teens, and questioning seniors are all frustrating, but if I had a dollar for every time a familiar ringtone jingle has buzzed during a quiet sequence or for […]
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