Tag: The Arbor
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The Real Charlie Chaplin review – a gripping study of a complex superstar
From his impoverished alter ego to the many silenced women in his life, the real Chaplin continues to prove elusive – even in his own words – in this inventive documentaryOpening the Gotham hotel press conference for Monsieur Verdoux in 1947, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) told journalists to “proceed with the butchery”. I’d read that comment…
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Dark River review – a trauma runs through it
Ruth Wilson plays a woman struggling to come to terms with the past following the death of her fatherThe third film from Clio Barnard (following The Arbor and The Selfish Giant), Dark River sensitively explores the way a traumatic memory can seep through a life in the same way that poisoned groundwater can taint a…