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Passionate About Film

Daily writing promptWhat are you passionate about?View all responses If my page title is any indicator, I of course am extremely passionate about film. People's admiration for film varies with many seeing it as nothing more than a couple hours of stress free escapism. This too was my view on cinema up until around the... Continue Reading →

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Cannes Winners

The first major festival of the 2024-2025 film calendar came to a close in Cannes at the weekend and if recent history is any indication, there may be one or two Oscar hopefuls amongst the festival's big winners. Three of the past four Palme d'Or winners have gone onto receive Best Picture nominations at the... Continue Reading →

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Repost: Rye Lane (2023)

Dir: Raine Allen Miller Cast: David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah Rising talents Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson are playful and captivating in the South London set rom-com. ★★★★ The 1 year anniversary of DanLovesFilm continues with a repost of my review for the excellent London-based romcom Rye Lane from 2023. Manchester born director Raine Allen Miller... Continue Reading →

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Repost: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Dir: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson The visually stunning sequel is an absolute triumph that demonstrates the limitless power of animated storytelling. ★★★★★ To celebrate one year of DanLovesFilm I will be reposting some of the first reviews on my page, including this one for the excellent Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. For... Continue Reading →

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A24 Ranked (10-1)

After a week of counting down, here are my top 10 all time movies by A24. What is your all time favourite A24 movie? A24 Movies Ranked 10-1: 10. Green Room (2015) Dir: Jeremy Saulnier Cast: Anton Yelchin Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Patrick Stewart Synopsis: After a punk band member learns... Continue Reading →

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A24 Ranked (20-11)

A continuation of my own personal ranking of movies produced and distributed by independent studio A24. A24 Movies Ranked 20-11: 20. Ex-Machina (2014) Dir: Alex Garland Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac Synopsis: Caleb Smith, a young programmer, gets a chance to become a part of a strange scientific experiment where he is expected... Continue Reading →

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A24 Ranked (30-21)

A continuation of my own personal ranking of movies produced and distributed by independent studio A24. A24 Movies Ranked 30-21: 30. The Farewell (2019) Dir: Lulu Wang Cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhou Shu-zhen Synopsis: A Chinese family learns that their grandmother has less time to live so they organise a wedding before her... Continue Reading →

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