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High Life tense Office
Out now – 18 rating Top 10
One baby step for mankind 1 Avengers: Endgame

(pictured below)
2 Long Shot

3 The Curse of La Llorona
LONE PRISONER aboard of a darkly tense prison drama that
a spaceship takes care of tips occasionally into horror and
Aa baby girl as his ship sets eroticism. 4 Tolkien
course for a black hole in this Cutting back in time we learn
beautifully bleak but challenging about the purpose of this ship and 5 Dumbo
film. what happened to the crew before
Director Claire Denis has catching up with Monte and Willow
stressed that this is not science- much later. 6 Wonder Park
fiction, despite the setting. This This was a penal colony for
is true in as much as it is focused death-row inmates who had 7 Red Joan
on the human story over special volunteered for a suicide mission
effects, but it is far from ordinary. to harness the power of black holes
The opening features Monte for Earth. 8 Captain Marvel
(a tenderly-detached Robert Along the way however they get
Pattinson) carrying out work on tangled into twisted experiments
a rundown ship and tending to of reproduction. This additional 9 Shazam!
baby Willow (Scarlett Lindsey), research is all under the command
sometimes at the same time. In this and control of Dr. Dibs (Juliette 10 Eighth Grade
large vessel that has the isolation Binoche) who brags of being the
of Silent Running and the dirty only criminal onboard worthy of
futurism of Alien, they are alone. the name.
Single-fatherhood distilled to the Combining scientific garb with
elation of witnessing first steps to a waist-long braid, she is positively
pleading for quiet in order to keep witchy, keeping the others sedated SINGLE PARENT: Monte (Robert Pattinson) has his hands full with Willow
sane. and giving them drugs in exchange
The initial meandering pace for their participation. grain, creating more questions than your head and challenges you to
of High Life sets expectations for The film seldom leaves the answers, which can frustrate or make sense of it.
a slow meditation on the human confines of the ship, and when delight. Review by Sam Cooney
condition, when in fact it will it does it’s to mysteriously vague Awash with mystery and
explore this territory but by means memories washed out with 16mm symbolism, High Life climbs inside RnR rating: 4/5
Source: BFI
Film A tale DVD

Vox Lux for our Mary Reilly (15) Win!
Out now – 15 rating times
Fabulous Films/Fremantle Media Enterprises

OLLYWOOD BIG-HITTERS
Dangers of the fame game HJulia Roberts and John Malkovich Maid Mary
star in Mary Reilly the classic story of
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde given a new twist
OX LUX boasts of being a ‘21st in time, becoming a global sensation and when seen through the innocent eyes of
VCentury portrait’, the subject of which a single mother, she appears complacent Dr Jekyll’s housemaid. must Hyde
is a young girl who rises out of horrifying and entitled, her narcissism fostered by her The drama is directed by Stephen
circumstances to become a pop superstar. family, management and fans. Frears (The Queen, Dangerous
Liaisons) and many of the cast and crew
Divided into two distinct halves, the The two constants in both parts of the were reunited from Dangerous Liaisons her feelings
film opens to 14-year-old Celeste (Raffey film are Celeste’s manager, played with a
Cassidy) returning from nice comedic touch including screenwriter Christopher
school break, where by Jude Law, and her Hampton, and actors Malkovich and
she experiences an act sidelined sister Eleanor, Glenn Close. prepared to do almost anything for him. Her
of extreme violence. In an increasingly empty The film also stars George Cole trust is a blessing as the doctor embarks on
the wake of tragedy, she Stacey Martin, who (Arthur Daley), Michael Gambon a new dangerous experiment – one that will
performs an original becomes mother (Dumbledore), Michael Sheen (Tony bring about a meeting between Mary and Dr
song at a candlelight surrogate to Celeste’s Blair) and Kathy Staff (Nora Jekyll’s sinister assistant Mr Hyde.
vigil that captures the daughter and the silent Batty). Although Mary remains
pain experienced by her partner who writes all of Filming finished in devoted to her brilliant but
peers and connects with her hits. September 1994 with an rather reserved employer, she
the public. The shocking ending similar to the book finds herself attracted to the
The second half imagery that is used to of the same name by Valerie charms of the mysterious Mr
jumps ahead by 18 years open Vox Lux recurs Martin (where Jekyll dies Hyde. Together Mary and Mr
to see Celeste (Natalie once more in another and Mary lies beside him). Hyde share a terrible secret that
Portman) as she act of extreme violence, However, 25 rewrites later, will cast both fear and danger on
prepares for a concert in and yet it doesn’t seem seven rescheduled release the Jekyll household. Mary Reilly
a packed arena. to go anywhere. The dates and disagreements must confront her own personal
Vox Lux is a success message might be that between director and demons and dangerous desires
story on the surface, fame and infamy are studio – the stars were if she is to survive and vanquish
but the distinct contrast A STAR: Celeste, played by Natalie Portman closely paired, that the called back in the winter one of humanity’s greatest evils.
in Celeste’s personality media is a monster- of 1995 to film three We have copies of the film on
from adolescence to adulthood appear to making machine, or it may be a comment alternative endings (Glenn DVD to win. For your chance
condemn the very nature of success, more on gun control. Close was flown back to to own one tell us: who directed
specifically its parasitic off-shoot: Fame. Vox Lux is never boring but it's not as London on Concorde for a single day’s Mary Reilly?
Celeste receives our complete empathy deep as it aims to be. It struggles in the end work) – the film was finally released in Email your answer, marked Mary Reilly
in the beginning and when her talent is to transcend the hollowness of the tacky February 1996. DVD, to: competitions@rafnews.co.uk or
recognised there appears to be some karmic aesthetic that it creates throughout. Mary (Roberts) is sensitive to the post it to: RAF News, Room 68, Lancaster
reciprocity at play. Wide-eyed and excitable Review by Sam Cooney needs and weaknesses of her master, building, HQ Air Command, High Wycombe
she enters this world of studio recordings Dr Henry Jekyll (Malkovich) and is HP14 4UE, to arrive by May 31.
and shooting music videos, but forward RnR rating: 3/5