#cathclarke — Public Fediverse posts
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Zip Wire review – cable-dangle thriller is seriously slack
By Cath ClarkeThis nonsensical film sees an OCD-afflicted scientist fending off assassins while hanging from an aerial wire, and fails to get pulses racing for even a minute
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David review – biblical Goliath-slayer animation offers upbeat boybandish worship musical
By Cath ClarkeChristian kids’ movie is entertaining during the big battle, but the older bouffant hero’s lack of depth is distracting and the worship songs a weak link
#Film #Animationinfilm #Christianity #Actionandadventurefilms #Culture #Religion #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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Waves Turn review – the exhausting, joyful, boring, wondrous realities of new motherhood
By Cath ClarkeJosephine Ahnelt’s gentle but truthful documentary has home-movie intimacy and some incredibly touching moments
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/18/waves-turn-review-wellen-wende-motherhood
#Film #Documentaryfilms #Parentsandparenting #Childbirth #Austria #Culture #Family #Women #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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Songs of Forgotten Trees review – sensitive, ambiguous drama of female intimacy in Mumbai
By Cath ClarkeA sex worker and a call centre employee forge an ambiguous relationship in a film of strong feelings
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/songs-of-forgotten-trees-review
#Film #Dramafilms #Mumbai #Culture #India #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Sexwork #Society #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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Mermaid Beach review – Wales gets its mermaidcore moment in teen-empowerment tale
By Cath ClarkeWhen discontented Lily becomes a fantastical sea creature her low-budget transformation is strikingly unconvincing, rather in tune with the whole film
#Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Familyfilms #Wales #Culture #UKnews #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy review – Mo Gilligan ruffles feathers in battle against ultra-processed foods
By Cath ClarkeThe ultra-likable comedian decides to go on a chicken shop diet for 28 days, but like a gen-Z Super Size Me uncovers some dark truths behind this billion-dollar industry
#Film #Documentaryfilms #MoGilligan #Chicken #Fastfood #Race #Farming #Culture #Environment #Food #Worldnews #Netflix #Media #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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Prisoners of Paradise review – Ellie Bamber heads to Mauritius for chaste literary tale of star-crossed lovers
By Cath ClarkeAn upper-class Englishwoman falls in love with a worker on her uncle’s sugar plantation in this insipid adaptation of Romesh Gunesekera’s novel
#Film #Romancefilms #Filmadaptations #Mauritius #Race #Dramafilms #Africa #Books #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year
By Cath ClarkeNetflix documentary A Child of My Own tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a hospital worker who went to extreme lengths in her efforts to become a mother. Its director recounts their meetings in a Mexican prison
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/28/a-child-of-my-own-fake-pregnancy-documentary-netflix
#Documentaryfilms #Film #Culture #Crimefilms #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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The Phantom Pain of Rojava review – Kurdish veterans of the war against IS tell story of courage and survival
By Cath ClarkeMaryam Ebrahimi’s documentary about a home for survivors of the war in northern Syria is tender, gentle and incredibly moving
#Film #Documentaryfilms #Syria #Kurds #IslamicState #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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‘It was the moment I lost innocence’: how a childhood stop-and-search led to the British debut movie of the year
By Cath ClarkeWhen Imran Perretta was young, he was abruptly pulled by police into a van for questioning. That experience, as well as the death of his mother, inspired him to make Ish, a coming-of-age tale set amongst the British Muslim community. He talks about trauma, designing toilets and making Luton look magnificent
#Film #Culture #TateBritain #DerekJarman #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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Pinocchio: Unstrung review – public domain slasher turns beloved puppet into sick serial killer
By Cath ClarkeLike the grisly Winnie-the-Pooh films, the latest in the Twisted Childhood Universe franchise offers feeble satire and shock-free ‘horror’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/pinocchio-unstrung-review-twisted-childhood-universe
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Brunello: The Gracious Visionary review – fawning portrait of the king of cashmere
By Cath ClarkeGiuseppe Tornatore traces Italian fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli’s life from poor farming family to billion-dollar empire in a sentimental vanity project
#Film #Documentaryfilms #Fashion #Italy #Biopics #Lifeandstyle #Culture #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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The Last First Time review – queer coming-of-age drama gives itself up to pleasure
By Cath ClarkeA Mexican student’s post-exams night out becomes a heady voyage of self-discovery in this slight but joyful coming-of-age drama
#Film #Romancefilms #Culture #Sexuality #Dramafilms #TheGuardian #CathClarke