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  • La Gradiva (2026)
    Review preview for La Gradiva

    Pompeii becomes a place where fantasy is tested against historical violence, and where looking too closely can break the story one came to preserve.

    Edin Custo · 4 out of 5
    A group of French high-school students travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius. There, they are drawn into a dizzying descent.
  • Hadewijch (2009)
    Review preview for Hadewijch

    For a film about the brimming over of one girl's emotional fervour, it does surprisingly little to elicit a 'gut response' from the audience.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Exploration of religious extremism as viewed through the eyes of a young woman.
  • Young Bodies Heal Quickly (2014)
    Review preview for Young Bodies Heal Quickly

    The film, shot on 16mm by Sean Williams, gives the film a retro out-of-time feel and Betzer gives us room to think, the spartan scripting matched by a minimalistic approach to the music.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two boys go on the run after committing a crime.

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