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A womb of one’s own: a short history of abortion on film
A tenderly handled subplot in Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire reminds us how rarely the termination of a pregnancy features in cinema, and how such stories tend to turn out, writes Violet Lucca.
Monday, February 24, 2020
From the Magazine
Plus One review: an old-school romcom, for better, for worse
Singletons Jack Quaid and Alice Erskine team up to be each other’s wedding dates in a run-of-the-mill romantic comedy that offers only the most predictable of pleasures, writes Violet Lucca.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
From the Magazine
Cats review: an unwieldy eyesore
This jarring adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical falls not a little flat, says Violet Lucca.
Friday, December 20, 2019
From the Magazine
The Mule review: Clint Eastwood kicks against the American Dream
Clint plays an aged drug trafficker in this disarming, funny movie, which offers a pointed critique of American values and the nuances of racial discrimination, writes Violet Lucca.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
From the Magazine
Film of the week: The Miseducation of Cameron Post teaches tough life lessons
Chloë Grace Moretz plays an introverted teenager at a naff but merciless gay conversion therapy camp in Desiree Akhavan’s study of psychological cruelty, writes Violet Lucca.
Thursday, September 6, 2018
From the Magazine
Ocean’s Eight review: girls just wanna have bling
Sandra Bullock leads her crack burglar squad in a high-society, low-hurdle heist caper in which togetherness is a matter of sharing the spoils, says Violet Lucca.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
From the Magazine
A Wrinkle in Time review: a faltering fantasy of self-discovery
Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s space-travelling children’s fable steers Storm Reid’s brooding young heroine through a bold lesson in nonconformism – but not even the most star-spangled Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon can make it sparkle, says Violet Lucca.
Friday, March 23, 2018
The Square review: Ruben Östlund artfully exposes hidden injustice
Ruben Östlund’s museum-set satire contrasts the prestige of high culture with the thankless work of helping people, with unpredictably uncomfortable results, writes Violet Lucca.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
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Fifty Shades Freed review: vanilla sex and a cartoon villain
There’s no fun or friskiness in this anticlimactic final film, just the gruelling spectacle of a woman submitting to a tyrannical husband and a ludicrously prolonged revenge plot, writes Violet Lucca.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Coco, Pixar’s vital dance with los muertos
Lee Unkrich’s fabulous familial adventure finds its animating principle in Mexican cultural riches, with a reach that crosses our mortal divide, says Violet Lucca.
Monday, January 22, 2018
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