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Hannah Lorence loves a good story. She discusses film on her blog, cinemaquina.co , and picks up freelance writing jobs covering food and film when she's not working at her day job in marketing. She recently moved to Brooklyn with her husband, James, and big, fluffy, clumsy Goldendoodle, Max. When she's not blogging or working on her screenplay, you can find her at the local movie theater, popcorn and Icee in hand

Review| Little Women (2019)

January 28, 20200

There are a shocking number of retellings of the classic story Little Women, so if someone was going to create…

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Self-Reflection and The Irishman

November 25, 20190

When I settled into my theater seat to watch The Irishman, I wasn’t prepared to enter Scorsese’s excellently crafted world…

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An Indigenous woman was nominated for an Oscar and that’s a big deal. Here’s why.

February 24, 20190

One of 2018’s critical and audience darlings, Roma has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and…

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Review| Roma

January 4, 20191

Have you ever watched something that made you feel a slight twinge of sadness because you knew it would eventually…

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Review| Bird Box

December 21, 20180

In a post-apocalyptic thriller, the same tropes and story beats can make a movie feel wrote. It generally takes something…

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Review| The Favourite

December 5, 20182

If you’ve ever watched a Yorgos Lanthimos film you know he likes to defy the conventions of traditional storytelling. Everything…

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Review| Shoplifters

November 30, 20180

Shoplifters snuck up on me. It seems as if the film has been surprising audiences since its debut at the…

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Review| A Star Is Born

October 16, 20180

I have a confession to make. I haven’t seen any of the previous A Star Is Born iterations. I watched…

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