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Film festivals should be more pretentious, actually!

Film festivals often get a bad rep. We’ve all heard the stereotype before: they are elitist and out of touch, filled with arrogant critics watching the most obscure of...

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On the edge of honesty: ‘The Man Who Turned into a Stick’

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Erotic suspense and trickery: ‘Twelfth Night’ at St Hugh’s

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Culture

Film festivals should be more pretentious, actually!

On the edge of honesty: ‘The Man Who Turned into a Stick’

Erotic suspense and trickery: ‘Twelfth Night’ at St Hugh’s

Sin and nectar: Behind the scenes of ‘Women Beware Women’

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