CRITIQUE
Film The Sapphires
Wayne Blair In a tale based on true 1960s events, a group of Aboriginal girls form a pop quartet – Australia’s answer to The Supremes. At best: “A jewel-bright
charmer about four spunky indigenous women whose powerhouse voices catapulted them onto the 60s-era world stage” Hollywood Reporter At worst: “The limited budget shows through at its tattered edges” Irish Times
Hunky Dory
Marc Evans Over the long hot summer of 1976, an ambitious theatre school teacher tries teaching Shakespeare with a twist, but real life holds more than enough drama. A quirky coming-of-age story. At best: “Driver, dialling down her movie star glamour and sporting a credible Welsh accent, is down to earth”
Movie Talk At worst: “A fluffy film about nothing... quickly forgotten once it’s over”
Film4
Ginger & Rosa
Stoker
At best: “A celebration of a female friendship shaped by the threat of global annihilation” This is London At worst: “An instance of the bland leading the bland: an anaemic rumba through the mazes of Memory Lane”
At best: “Park Chanwook brings operatic finesse to generic material in his wickedly weird US debut” Total Film At worst: “ Park and his game cast do a lot of heavy lifting for a script that’s really quite awful”
Financial Times
HollywoodChicago.com
Sally Potter Growing up under the threat of nuclear war, best friends Ginger and Rosa dream of paths more exhilarating than their parents’ dull lives. A charming tale of teenage rebellion.
Park Chan-wook When India’s father dies, her mysterious uncle arrives to look after the bereaved family – but does he have an ulterior motive?
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