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Romola Garai’s writing-directing debut is a wonky mess, full of all the right putrid tropes but none of the coherent writing to marshal them
Step away from the blockbusters with our pick of the best low-budget (and no-budget) independent films ever made, from 'Memento' to 'Whiplash'
. British filmmaker Matt Chambers’ feature debut The Bike Thief is a harrowing drama about an impoverished immigrant family living in London. In its title and subject matter, the movie pays deliberate and admiring tribute to the famed 1948 Italian neorealist film, Bicycle Thieves ( The Bicycle Thief ), directed by Vittorio De Sica (1902-1974). The Bike Thief There proves to be some genuine substance to the artistic and social connection the new film has to the original classic—to the youthful director’s credit. As in the earlier Italian movie, the narrative in The Bike Thief centers...
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan's queer romantic drama Ammonite, from director Francis Lee, has received a UK release date.
21 Incredible LGBTQ Movies (That Aren’t ‘Brokeback Mountain’ or ‘Call Me By Your Name’) editor@purewow.com (PureWow) When you think of queer films, you likely think of Brokeback Mountain, Call Me By Your Name, Carol or a handful of other super-buzzy examples. Absolutely no offense to those films (which are all incredible and deserve your streams), but there are tons of fantastic queer films that are a bit more under the radar. Here, 21 LGBTQ films—comedies, dramas, documentaries and everything in between—you must to add to your Netflix, Amazon and Hulu queues. 1. Portrait of...