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  • Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
    Review preview for Dancing at Lughnasa

    When a film is made with this much love, its goodness shines.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Faithful adaptation of Brian Friel's childhood memories of Ireland.
  • Fat Slags (2004)
    Northern women are fat, coarse and sexually voracious.
  • Mother Goose (2025)
    Review preview for Mother Goose

    This is a solid piece of craft, simple in its intent and payoff but as with furniture the cleaner the lines the more work that's hidden.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    After the death of her husband, Janet decides to distract herself by rearing a goose... which becomes an obsession.
  • Relative Values (1999)
    Review preview for Relative Values

    The look of the film has been influenced by the contents of a dressing up trunk and the style lacks Coward's lightness of touch.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    English comedy of manners and mix ups.
  • Tales From The Lodge (2019)
    Review preview for Tales From The Lodge

    A solid little film which delivers well within the scope of its simple ambition.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    When a group of old friends spend the night telling stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions they soon become aware of another tale unfolding around them. And this one is real.
  • Time Travel Is Dangerous (2024)
    Review preview for Time Travel Is Dangerous

    A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in Muswell Hill. Stumbling across a time machine, they embark on trips to the past to stock their shop, with no idea of the irreparable damage they're causing to the fabric of the universe.

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