John Maguire

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Close Film John Maguire on Film: Nicolas Cage’s everyman ramps up the tension in The Surfer Nicolas Cage in The Surfer: reminiscent of cult 1990s film Falling Down, this disintegration of a man’s psyche, neatly confined to a beach and its car park, is heavy with heat, anxiety and testosterone

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Film John Maguire on Film: Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope offers a surreal take on the nature of beauty Though the film occasionally resembles a lavish perfume ad, it offers plenty to ponder as we follow its heroine’s progress

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Film John Maguire on Film: Scares aplenty in Fréwaka, and some of the year’s best TV in Andor 2 Irish writer and director Aislinn Clarke’s second movie delves into Irish folk traditions and religious iconography

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Film John Maguire on Film: Warfare is an brutal depiction of modern combat, but its meaning is lost Alex Garland brings us an adrenaline-tingling recreation of a bloody engagement during the Battle of Ramadi, but the story is stripped of context

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Film John Maguire on Film: No gods or monsters make this retelling of The Odyssey all the more effective Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche reunite for the first time since The English Patient in Uberto Pasolini’s The Return