"'The best way to critique a film is to make a film.' The provocative declaration belongs to Godard, but it’s Richard Linklater who reinvigorates it with NOUVELLE VAGUE's reverence for the French New Wave." - Asia Lo Savio from #camfilmfest & #ReelVoices: https://takeonecinema.net/2025/nouvelle-vague/
Nouvelle Vague | TAKE ONE | Cambridge Film Festival 2025

“The best way to critique a film is to make a film.” The provocative declaration belongs to Godard, but it’s Richard Linklater who reinvigorates it with NOUVELLE VAGUE's reverence for the French New Wave.

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"SIRĀT is a film that purposefully defies expectation or strict genre classification. Beginning as a ‘found-family’ road-trip drama, it abruptly morphs into a painstakingly tension-fraught thrill ride, punctuated by moments crafted to shock and awe." - Alfie Tiplady, from #camfilmfest #ReelVoices: https://takeonecinema.net/2025/sirat/
Sirāt | TAKE ONE | Cambridge Film Festival 2025

SIRĀT is a film that purposefully defies expectation or strict genre classification. Beginning as a ‘found-family’ road-trip drama, it abruptly morphs into a painstakingly tension-fraught thrill ride, punctuated by moments crafted to shock and awe.

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"Awkward and endearing, PILLION is a stunningly impressive debut from HARRY LIGHTON, giving the rom-com the subversive, sexy spin it was in dire need of." - Mia Humphreys from #CamFilmFest: https://takeonecinema.net/2025/pillion/ #cinemastodon
Pillion | TAKE ONE | Cambridge Film Festival 2025

Awkward and endearing, PILLION is a stunningly impressive debut from HARRY LIGHTON, giving the rom-com the subversive, sexy spin it was in dire need of.

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"Luna Carmoon's debut feature, HOARD, is a bold and fascinatingly repulsive tale of trauma and sexual awakening. [The] boldness of Carmoon's imagery and Saura Lightfoot Leon's performance will linger even longer than the imagined smell of trash in your nostrils." - @JimGR at BFI #LFF: https://takeonecinema.net/2023/hoard/

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Hoard | TAKE ONE | BFI London 2023

HOARD has some elements which could be tidied up. Still, the sum of this precarious pile of performances, imagery, and characters is a film of deep-rooted emotion and a beautiful mess by design.

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"The feeling that something bad could happen at any moment permeates the mood." - we review The Royal Hotel https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-royal-hotel-2023-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #film #movies #TheRoyalHotel #LFF2023 #BeyondFest #71SSIFF #TIFF #MeToo #CamFilmFest
The Royal Hotel (2023) Movie Review from Eye for Film