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Film Reviews from a spectrum of opinions and perspectives
OBSCURAE’s Favourite Shorts of 2024
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‘Women and Minorities’ make better films. Fight me. (An End-of-Year Film Industry Analysis)
When a film was well received this year, it was usually because it was channelling the anger and frustrations of those who have been left behind. This wasn’t your usual raft of ‘Diversity Hires’ or “The value of Diverse Storytelling”-ass movies. These films were specific, working things out
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2024 Awards ‘Hots’
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2024 Awards Underdogs
The films that deserve flowers, that we’re scared may go unrecognised.
2024 Awards ‘not’s (WARNING: Controversial!)
the only four acclaimed films we did not enjoy this year.
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All We Imagine as Light
Two nurses, seemingly two generations of thought and approach, making it work in Mumbai. In what I can only describe as the most lusciously romantic film in a long while, ‘All We Imagine As Light’ is at once both patient and quick, diving us headfirst into the interior worlds of
EAT/SLEEP/CHEER/REPEAT
As they make their way to the Olympics of Cheer, the Irish Cheerleading Team (and their coaches) let themselves be known to the camera - their personal lives and their fight to get it right. This is a fascinating slice of life, which gives you a unique look into the
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Prospect House: Fragile Fiction
In a whirlwind blurring fact and fiction, Prospect House grapples with the very concept of History and Storytelling. What can we know, what can we guess - and who gets to guess? Through the lens of a House on the brink of demolition, a team of re-enacters seek to save
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Mrs. Robinson: The Blueprint of Leadership
For our times as we currently experience them, a documentary screeening at the Irish Film Festival London was nore relevant than ever - the story of a boundary-breaking woman who, as much as she can, has lived and is living her truest progressive values. A lawyer, a human rights activist,
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(🇬🇧🇪🇸)Paddington en… ¿Perú?
ENGLISH VERSION Even before stepping foot into the theatre I was sceptical about this film. The premise alone threatens to shatter the existing – and greatly beloved – dynamic of the first two films of the franchise by moving our beloved bear from the familiar streets of London to the ‘dangerous Peruvian
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(🇬🇧🇦🇷🇩🇪) We pay for the sins of our parents - A GLADIATOR II review
! Spoilers ahead ! Is it in our nature to immediately reject what we inherit? Can we filter through the dirt and find kernels of truth and wisdom? Is it even worth it? Gladiator II acts as a mirror to its predecessor, which doesn’t mean it is a carbon replica, but