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Unreliable narrators

We delve into films that hew closely to the warped perspective of a single character (or, sometimes, multiple characters) and examine how this is achieved and what its effects are.

Alex Heeney / September 28, 2020

An in-depth conversation with the women behind Mouthpiece

Director Patricia Rozema and actors Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, all of whom co-wrote Mouthpiece together, discuss adapting Mouthpiece from stage to …

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Ray & Liz, Richard Billingham, Justin Salinger

Elena Lazic / October 18, 2018

Review: the sober recollections of Richard Billingham’s Ray & Liz

The first feature from photographer Richard Billingham is a moving yet unsentimental portrait of a life in fragments, as empathetic as it is brutal. …

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Patricia Clarkson, Out of Blue, Carol Morley

Elena Lazic / October 16, 2018

Interview: Carol Morley and Patricia Clarkson on Out of Blue

Director Carol Morley and star Patricia Clarkson discuss the genesis of their cosmic thriller, Out of Blue, and their process for bringing to life its …

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Elena Lazic / June 6, 2018

‘It’s part of my life, not a horror film’: Jennifer Fox on The Tale

We interview Jennifer Fox about The Tale, which tells of her own experience as a woman in her forties who finds herself flooded with long-buried memories of the …

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The Tale, Jennifer Fox, Laura Dern

Alex Heeney / May 26, 2018

The Tale: Comfortable stories mask uncomfortable truths

In The Tale, the semi-autobiographical narrative debut from Jennifer Fox, the character Jennifer’s process of sifting through and revisiting past memories is …

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Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay

Orla Smith / April 11, 2018

A hitman more helpless than heroic

You Were Never Really Here traps us inside hitman Joe’s mind — but he’s an unreliable narrator who is far more helpless than he realises. This is the sixth …

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