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  • Ammonite (2020)
    Review preview for Ammonite

    The good work in Ammonite is so good that one longs for it to pick up the pace, to function more successfully overall.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    In 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
  • God's Own Country (2017)
    Review preview for God's Own Country

    Debut feature director Francis Lee grew up on a Yorkshire farm and it shows in every inch of this film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Young sheep farmer Johnny numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker offers the promise of something else.

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