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  • The Prisoner (2015)
    Review preview for The Prisoner

    Garcia's physical acting is well judged here, providing clues that may not make sense until later but never letting them interrupt the flow of the story.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A confrontation between a prisoner kept in a closet and an unhappy jailer.
  • The Problem With Apu (2017)
    Review preview for The Problem With Apu

    It also serves as a sharp reminder how any minority, when under-represented in the media, is at risk of being stereotyped and how too many creative teams are still dominated by white, middle-class males.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The problematic representation of the Indian shopkeeper in The Simpsons.
  • Projections (2005)
    Review preview for Projections

    Not since Cinema Paradiso has the projection room become such an object of affection.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A love poem to the projectionist's art.
  • Prologue (2015)
    Review preview for Prologue

    It's technically impressive and the amount of work that has gone into it is awe inspiring.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Spartan and Athenian warriors engage in battle, visualised through hand-drawn animation.
  • Promise (2010)
    Review preview for Promise

    The complexity of the piece never causes it to stumble.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    When an impoverished mother promises her son will become great, only an old man believes her, and he makes the boy make a promise of his own.
  • Proposition 8: The Musical (2008)
    Review preview for Proposition 8: The Musical

    Fun to watch and a resourceful way to respond to the multi million dollar campaigns that were created in support of the proposition.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A star studded troupe discuss - in song - California's ban on gay marriage.
  • Les Prostituées De Lyon Parlent (1975)
    Review preview for Les Prostituées De Lyon Parlent

    While it is clearly supportive of the occupation, the film avoids wider political analysis; it is, finally, about women speaking about their lives.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    A fly on the wall documentary about sex workers protesting police inaction over a series of murders.
  • Protect You + Me (2008)
    Review preview for Protect You + Me

    The intensity of director Brady Corbet's debut feature The Childhood Of A Leader is present in this short film

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A meal with mum turns sour.
  • Putting On The Dish (2015)
    Review preview for Putting On The Dish

    Two men, one park bench, six minutes - this is all that's needed to deliver a slice of history, a potent bit of social comment and a good many laughs.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Two men meet in a park and strike up a conversation in the secret language once used by gay men who feared arrest.

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