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See You Friday, Robinson

In Festival, Film Festival, Review, This Week by Dov Kornits

... not for all tastes but those who do connect with it will likely want to revisit again and again to spend time with its two magical protagonists.

… not for all tastes but those who do connect with it will likely want to revisit again and again to spend time with its two magical protagonists.

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Winners

In Festival, Film Festival, Review, This Week by Dov Kornits

Despite its simple and potentially depressing premise, everything comes together perfectly in its feel-good third act.

Despite its simple and potentially depressing premise, everything comes together perfectly in its feel-good third act.

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Girl

In Festival, Film Festival, Review, This Week by Dov Kornits

… a rich, moving and complex story of love and hope; the film merely lacks the depth to properly convey it.

… a rich, moving and complex story of love and hope; the film merely lacks the depth to properly convey it.

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Copa 71

In Documentary, Festival, Film Festival, Review, This Week by Dov Kornits

… balances the sport sequences and the social justice elements well – not a typical football doco and yet not a polemic as such.

… balances the sport sequences and the social justice elements well – not a typical football doco and yet not a polemic as such.

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Sweet Sue

In Festival, Film Festival, Review, This Week by Dov Kornits

With a strong lead performance from Maggie O’Neil and bittersweet humour throughout, Sweet Sue is a portrait of love in the modern age that doesn’t just appeal to the under 30s.

With a strong lead performance from Maggie O’Neil and bittersweet humour throughout, Sweet Sue is a portrait of love in the modern age that doesn’t just appeal to the under 30s.

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The Lesson

In Festival, Film Festival, Review, This Week by Dov Kornits

… takes its sweet time to get to the really juicy content, but it’s so very entertaining once it kicks in that the restlessness of the build-up is worth it.

… takes its sweet time to get to the really juicy content, but it’s so very entertaining once it kicks in that the restlessness of the build-up is worth it.

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Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

In Documentary, Festival, Film Festival, Review, This Week by Dov Kornits

The creative and brotherly bond between Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell was forged during a police raid in 1960s Cambridge. You may not recognise their names, but you’ve almost certainly seen their artwork – under the moniker of Hipgnosis (pronounced as per ‘hypnosis’), Storm and Po are the design team behind an incredible number of iconic album covers from ...

The creative and brotherly bond between Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell was forged during a police raid in 1960s Cambridge. You may not recognise their names, but you’ve almost certainly seen their artwork – under the moniker of Hipgnosis (pronounced as per ‘hypnosis’), Storm and Po are the design team behind an incredible number of iconic album covers from …