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Flare 2018

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120 BPM (Beats Per Minute) (120 Battements Par Minute, 120 Beats Per Minute)

Review preview for 120 BPM (Beats Per Minute)

Campillo has a weakness in not knowing when to trim all the talking.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
Portrait of the ACT UP activist group, a direct action collective aiming to impact the lives of people with AIDS.

(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Robin Campillo; Writer: Robin Campillo; Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Yves Heck, Emmanuel Ménard, Rahim-Silvioli Mehdi, Antoine Reinartz, Caroline Piette, Marco Horanieh, Pascal Tantot, François Rabette, Naelle Dariya, Ariel Borenstein, Coralie Russier, Saadia Bentaïeb)

Full review See: 120 Beats Per Minute award-winner Nahuel Biscayart on sexuality, activism and the pink condom , Robin Campillo on AIDS drama 120 BPM, writing from the heart and collaboration

A Deal With The Universe

Review preview for A Deal With The Universe

The film cuts through al the intellectual debate around these subjects to remind us of the human experiences at their core.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
The filmmaker documents 15 years of his life, including aspects of his transition and his subsequent pregnancy.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Jason Barker; Writer: Jason Barker; Stars: Jason Barker, Tracey Barker)

Full review See: Interview with Jason Barker about A Deal With The Universe, part 2 , Interview with Jason Barker about A Deal With The Universe, part 1

My Days Of Mercy

The daughter of a man on death row falls for a woman standing against her family's cause.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2017; Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer; Writer: Joe Barton; Stars: Kate Mara, Elliot Page, Elias Koteas, Amy Seimetz, Brian Geraghty, Beau Knapp, Charlie Shotwell, Tonya Pinkins, Jake Robinson, Jerry Pope, Jordan Trovillion, Bishop Stevens, Anita Farmer Bergman, William Willet, Carly Tamborski)

Postcards From London

A stylish, sexy film about a young man's journey into an unusual form of escort work, set in an imaginary vision of London's Soho.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Steve McLean; Writer: Steve McLean; Stars: Leonardo Salerni, Harris Dickinson, Leo Hatton, Kiera Bell)