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EMILY Review: A Turbulent Soul Creates a Gothic Masterpiece

Directed by Frances O'Connor, the film stars Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Fionn Whitehead.

Sitges 2022 Review: EMILY, A Soul Driven to Create a Masterpiece

There is a reason why Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights has remained a literary favourite, a mainstay of school books lists, and had several adaptations in film and television: it is very well written, and it is terrifying. One of...

Review: In THE CONJURING 2, The Warrens' Second Commission Is Not As Great

The Conjuring 2 has at least two crosses to bear. Firstly, it's burdened with being based on the exploits of a well-documented real-life demonologist couple, Ed and Lorraine Warren. Audiences expect authenticity. Secondly, it's a summer tentpole sequel for a...

Review: THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL Floats To The Surface

The sophomore film by writer/director Francesca Gregorini, following 2009's Tanner Hall, revolves around Emanuel (Kaya Scodelario), a precocious high school girl who carries on her shoulders the self-placed burden of her mother's childbirth death. For Emanuel, life is a struggle...