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Solstice and the Stars: An Interview with Luke Angus
A Q&A with Luke Angus on his latest short stunner: Solstice.
Ben Patten
Feb 54 min read
Short Stuff: LFF 2025
A collection of short writing on the film of LFF 2025!
Ben Patten
Oct 10, 20257 min read
'The Smashing Machine' is too nice.
'The Smashing Machine' is too nice.
Ben Patten
Oct 5, 20252 min read
'My Father's Shadow' and absenteeism.
'My Father's Shadow' has kicked off my LFF coverage. A wonderfully melancholic story of two boys' trip to Lagos with their father, and the revolution to come.
Ben Patten
Oct 1, 20253 min read
Islands and the hell of tennis.
I spilt my coffee while watching Islands. I’m sorry to the person who had to sit in B3 after the movie, that’s on me, but this incredibly classic thriller didn’t give me time to look for a cupholder.
Ben Patten
Sep 9, 20253 min read
Christy: That Barbershop Feeling
Christy is a gloriously cute social drama that nails that barbershop feeling, somehow, while Irish children rap.
Ben Patten
Aug 21, 20254 min read
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