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  • Babylon (1980)
    Review preview for Babylon

    Filmed in the style of Scorsese’s Mean Streets, it stands the test of time and the performances of the young cast are exemplary.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Racial tensions and the battle of sound systems in Brixton's black streets in the late Seventies.
  • Restless Natives (1985)
    Review preview for Restless Natives

    The first half an hour of this rattles along with plenty of good humour, injected with further energy by the Big Country soundtrack, which is as dyed in the wool Scottish as a fine Highland kilt.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Two friends start holding up tour buses.

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