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  • The Children Act (2017)
    Review preview for The Children Act

    Intelligent, disciplined, elegant and closely guarded in matters of privacy

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A high court lady judge has an agonising decision to make when a teenage boy refuses a life saving transfusion while at home her marriage is freezing over
  • Eden (2008)
    Review preview for Eden

    This film is adapted from a stage play by Eugene O'Brien and has made the transition to screen very smoothly.

    George Williamson · 3.5 out of 5
    The disintegration of a marriage.
  • Janice Beard: 45 Wpm (1999)
    Review preview for Janice Beard: 45 Wpm

    The film has a Wendy Mitty charm, although precious little else.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A small town girl goes to the big city and falls for the wrong kind of guy.
  • The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
    Review preview for The Magdalene Sisters

    The performances have a raw naiveté that cuts clean to the truth.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Story of the Catholic convents where Irish girls were sent in response to an assortment of social transgressions.
  • Small Things Like These (2024)
    Review preview for Small Things Like These

    I do not know that I could ever with a good conscience describe a film as 'perfect' but this comes close.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    A coal merchant discovers secrets being kept at a convent.

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