TAKE ONE Magazine 📽️🎞️
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"Director Cyril Aris’s A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD tells a story that can and has collapsed into a maudlin heap many times on film. However, the gentle chemistry of the romantic leads, the dexterity with which the film handles the passage of time, and the sincerity of relatable themes refracted through a Lebanese prism make the film an affecting and engaging romantic drama." - @JimGR from #LFF: https://takeonecinema.net/2025/a-sad-and-beautiful-world/
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"DIE MY LOVE is unlikely to be considered the pinnacle of Ramsay’s career. Still, even when revisiting themes, the intense clarity of vision ensures Ramsay’s work continues to feel fresh and ominously vibrant." - @JimGR reviews out of #LFF: https://takeonecinema.net/2025/die-my-love/
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"Overall, the ARE YOU KIDDING? strand of short films at London Film Festival 2025 has (for the most part) a commanding understanding of tone, pitching the collection into a tradition of morbid, dark and absurd humour." - @JimGR reviews the shorts screening tonight at #LFF2025: https://takeonecinema.net/2025/lff-shorts-are-you-kidding/