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Flare 2020

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Cicada

Review preview for Cicada

There's some intelligent drama here structured around intersectional issues, which manages to show, at least to an extent, where lesser films only tell.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A young man is forced to face past traumas when he embarks on a new relationship.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Matthew Fifer, Kieran Mulcare; Writer: Matthew Fifer; Stars: Sheldon D Brown, Matthew Fifer, Cobie Smulders)

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Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Sam Feder; Stars: Laverne Cox, Mj Rodriguez, Lilly Wachowski, Yance Ford, Chaz Bono, Jamie Clayton)

Summerland

Review preview for Summerland

Sentiment aside, there is real charm at work here, with beautifully photographed locations and good chemistry between the leads.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A lonely writer faces up to past heartbreak during the Second World War.

(Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Jessica Swale; Writer: Jessica Swale; Stars: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond, Dixie Egerickx, Sîan Phillips)

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