NFF2023 Event Review: Women In Film
This year’s selection of Women in Film shorts offered up a rich and varied experience. It is impressive that all five films, being shown in quick succession, managed to stay…
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Filmmaker Spotlight: Hirokazu Koreeda
Written by Patricia Xu “I’ve learned to value ordinary life. And I still have a wish to portray that.” – Hirokazu Koreeda Hirokazu Koreeda is one of the greatest contemporary…
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Minari (2020) – Film Review
Review by Patricia Xu A Korean family makes a new start in Arkansas in the 1980s, where they find new challenges and struggles in the farming business and from within…
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Why Tangerine (2015) is more relevant than ever this International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day, NFF volunteer Rhiannon Talbot-Arnold takes a look at the fruitful message underneath the skin of Sean Baker’s 2015 film Tangerine and explains why it’s more relevant…
Read Full RecipeConfessions (2010) – Film Review
Confessions (natively known as Kokuhaku) is a difficult film to review as a single picture, since it really doesn’t feel like it is one. The 2010 revenge-focused crime/mystery thriller, directed…
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At our previous festival in November 2019, we were thrilled to host a screening of The Souvenir, along with a specially-filmed introduction from Honor Swinton Byrne and a post-screening Q&A with…
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Andhadhun – Film Review
The hardest part about discussing Andhadhun (2018) is the fact that there is no way to explain any aspects of the plot without somewhat ruining it. Any attempt at simplification…
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Pain and Glory Review
Almodovar’s latest masterpiece, Pain and Glory – otherwise known as Dolor y Gloria, is a thought provoking indulgence into the intimate parts of life; as have all of his preceding…
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Review: Midsommar
If ever a film was a perfect interpretation of an oxymoron then Midsommar (2019) is that film! Chaotically peaceful and beautifully traumatic thematically plague the narrative of this macabre Scandi…
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Friday Night’s Alright For Shorts Review
The Norwich Film Festival 2018 offered a selection of short films on their Friday Night’s Alright for Shorts event, all of which offered their own charms and delights. First up…
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