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Film Review

Talking about the oppression of women

In Women Talking, three generations of women experience sexual abuse in their reclusive faith community and meet to decide what they must do: stay, stay and fight, or leave. Source: Jesuit Media.

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Jackman shines in painful drama of familial fear and loathing

In The Son, Hugh Jackman shines in this British-American drama about a father’s attempt to reunite with his teenager after a marital break-up. Source: Jesuit Media.

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Engaging documentary for Young and old

Knowing the Score is a documentary portrait of Australia’s Simone Young, an international orchestra conductor who broke the glass ceiling in terms of women conductors. Source: Jesuit Media.

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The man who dared to take on Putin

Nominated for Best Documentary in this year’s Oscars, Navalny is a portrait of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his quest to identify the men who tried to assassinate him Source: Jesuit Media.

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Monstrous maestro faces the music

In Tar, a psychological drama, Australian Cate Blachett plays the role of a conductor and composer preparing to perform Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. Source: Jesuit Media.

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Steven Spielberg phones home in dazzling, bittersweet movie memoir

The Fabelmans, a semi-biographical account of how Steven Spielberg became obsessed with movie-making, is an extraordinary film that no one addicted to Spielberg’s blockbuster movies, or the history of cinema, can afford to miss. Source: Jesuit Media.

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One last wish for another colourful tale of adventure

A lot of audiences, young and old (except the littlies who might find it too scary), will enjoy this tale of Puss in Boots escapades over the holidays. Source: Jesuit Media.

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Blockbuster sci-fi sequel a visual spectacle

Avatar: The Way of Water is the long-awaited first sequel to 2009’s Avatar. Viewers return to the Sully family to watch how trouble follows them and what they do to keep each other safe. Source: Jesuit Media.

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Bold, dark and funny: Classic tale given a new life

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio is a serious version of the classic story of a father’s wish to magically bring a wooden boy to life in Italy but set during World War II and the fascist era of Mussolini. Source: Jesuit Media.