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  • The Commitments (1991)
    Review preview for The Commitments

    16-year-old Andrew Strong has a voice that blows your socks off

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The trials and tribulations of a budding working-class Dublin soul band.
  • Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (2021)
    Review preview for Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song

    The end result could do with less tangent and more of the gent himself.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah.
  • Once (2006)
    Review preview for Once

    Like the best works of art, John Carney’s Once is both melancholy and beautiful, a fragile poem that seems almost too delicate for the big screen.

    The Exile · 5 out of 5
    Guy meets Girl and makes beautiful - and Oscar-winning - music with her.
  • The Swell Season (2011)
    Review preview for The Swell Season

    While the film may be monochrome, every colour of emotion is represented here, from elation in the creative process to anxiousness and disillusionment.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary following the songwriters and stars of Once, after their triumphant Oscar win.

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