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  • Faintheart (2008)
    Review preview for Faintheart

    This is director Vito Rocco’s feature film debut and he passes with flying colours.

    Craig Mcfarlane · 4 out of 5
    A battle re-enactor struggles to recover the affections of his wife.
  • Life Just Is (2012)
    Review preview for Life Just Is

    Offering a British twist on the mumblecore genre, writer/director Alex Barrett's debut feature doesn't lack bravery.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Love, death and the meaning of life figure among the preoccupations of a group of uni graduates in London.
  • A Long Way From Home (2013)
    Review preview for A Long Way From Home

    The film never goes anywhere, never develops any conflict and never feels believable.

    Robert Munro · 1 out of 5
    Meeting a holidaying couple causes a retired couple to reassess life.
  • The Trench (1999)
    Review preview for The Trench

    The performances by mainly young unknowns are excellent and the script is the best Boyd has done.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The 48 hours in the trenches leading up to the Battle of the Somme.

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Paul Rowley on moving to New York, the Pulse massacre, and Gays Against Guns

Going ape Antonin Niclass on character creation, empathy and animated short Into The Forest

Freeform Will Niava on grief, new immigrant experiences and Jazz Infernal

In silence Emir Kumova on child marriage in Türkiye, moral challenges and making The Witness

Taking a ride into liminal spaces Katharine Round on making documentary Ghost Town

Flying blind Michael Woloson and Scott Tinkham on improvisation, experimental writing and Littermates

In deep water Dominic Curran on internet overexposure and A Little Learning Is A Dangerous Thing

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