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Flare 2014

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52 Tuesdays

Review preview for 52 Tuesdays

There is no effort to sanitise characters' lives in order to get a message across, and as a result the film never feels preachy.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Over the course of a year, a teenage girl adjusts to life as a woman while her mother adjusts to life as a man.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2013; Director: Sophie Hyde; Writer: Matthew Cormack, Matthew Cormack, Sophie Hyde; Stars: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Bert, Beau Travis Williams, Imogen Archer, Mario Spate, Sam Althuizen, Danica Moors, Susan Hyde, Greg Marsh, Audrey Mason-Hyde, Susie Skinner)

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The Last Match

Two amateur footballers fall passionately in love and struggle to stay together in a hostile society.

(Country: Spain, Cuba; Year: 2013; Director: Antonio Hens; Writer: Abel González Melo, Antonio Hens; Stars: Milton García, Reinier Díaz, Luís Alberto Garcia, Mirta Ibarra)

Lilting

Review preview for Lilting

Although the pacing is sometimes poor, the sentiment - while occasionally straying towards the sentimental - is heartfelt and sweet spirited.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A bereaved mother and the boyfriend of her son find a connection.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Hong Khaou; Writer: Hong Khaou; Stars: Ben Whishaw, Leila Wong, Morven Christie, Peter Bowles, Shane Salter, Pei-pei Cheng, Peter E. Hopkins, Andrew Leung, John Matthews)

Full review See: Sundance 2014: Lilting and Whiplash