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Moviescramble - The Neural Cut Ep 27: From Hilde, With Love

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz.
In Berlin, 1942, Hilde finds her place within an anti-Nazi resistance group as gradually as she falls in love with one of its members, Hans Coppi. With their lives being in constant danger, the two spend an unforgettable summer until they get caught by the Gestapo, and Hilde Coppi is imprisoned, eight months pregnant. From Hilde, with Love (German: In Liebe, Eure Hilde) is a 2024 German biographical film about Hilde Coppi, who, along with her husband Hans Coppi, belonged to Red Orchestra, a German resistance group to Nazism. Directed by Andreas Dresen, the film stars Liv Lisa Fries in the titular role of Hilde Coppi and Johannes Hegemann as Hans Coppi. The film was selected in the Competition at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival to be held from 15 to 25 February 2024, where it competed for the Golden Bear with its first screening on 17 February at Berlinale Palast. The film is a drama of short life, about love and death, based on true events of World War II. In early 1942 in Berlin, Hilde Coppi, a young medical assistant, became part of a rebel group that was later known as the "Red Orchestra". There she met and fell in love with Hans Coppi, who later became her husband. They enjoyed a wonderful summer together, despite the danger of their activities and the risk of being caught. Eventually captured by the Gestapo, Hilde was imprisoned while pregnant. She gave birth to a son in Barnimstrasse women's prison, and soon after, she was condemned to death. In her final months, being a mother gave her the strength to face her destiny.
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Moviescramble - Ep 113: Sentimental Value

Mary and John review Sentimental Value, the award-nominated film from Norwegian director Joachim Trier.
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Moviescramble - The Neural Cut Ep:26 I Like Movies

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz.
Socially awkward 17-year-old cinephile, Lawrence Kweller, played by Isaiah Lehtinen, is self-absorbed and movie-obsessed. Fully convinced he can earn $90,000 to achieve his dream of attending film school at NYU, he gets a part-time job at Sequels video store. Their older store manager, Alana, played by Romina D'Ugo, takes him under her wing. Meanwhile, Lawrence sabotages every high school relationship he has with his narcissistic film snobbery. Faced with the impending reality of university life, Lawrence must change his ways. I Like Movies is a 2022 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Chandler Levack. Set in the early 2000s, the film stars Isaiah Lehtinen as Lawrence, a socially inept 17-year-old cinephile who gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager. The film is produced by Lindsay Blair Goeldner with an original score by Murray Lightburn from the Dears. Its cast also includes Romina D'Ugo, Krista Bridges, Percy Hynes White, Dan Beirne, Andy McQueen, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, and Alex Ateah. Levack has described the film as being based in part on her own teenage job in a video store, although she has stated that she chose to write the central character as male out of a desire to push back against the popular notion that women filmmakers can only tell female-oriented stories. The project was first announced as receiving funding from Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program for emerging filmmakers in 2019, under the working title Rejects Night. I Like Movies had its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022.
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Moviescramble - The Neural Cur Ep 25: Lo Capitano

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Seydou, a teenage boy who, together with his cousin Moussa, decides to leave Dakar in Senegal and make his way to Europe. A contemporary Odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the horrors of the detention centres in Libya, and the perils of the sea. Io capitano (lit. 'Me Captain' in Italian is a 2023 drama film directed by Matteo Garrone, from a screenplay written by Garrone with Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, and Andrea Tagliaferri. The film, an international co-production between Italy, Belgium, and France, is based on an original idea by Garrone, inspired by actual stories of migrants' African routes to Europe. Filming took place in Senegal, Morocco, and Italy. Io capitano competed for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion for Matteo Garrone's direction and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Seydou Sarr's performance.
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Moviescramble - Deleted scenes Ep 112: Part 2

The second part of our off-cuts from our review of No Other Choice. We chat about film festivals, film criticism and other bits.
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Moviescramble - The Neural Cut Ep 24: Lullaby

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz.
Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return to her parents' home on the Basque coast for a little help while her partner is away. Lullaby (Spanish: Cinco lobitos, lit. 'Five Wolf Cubs') is a 2022 Spanish drama film written and directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa. It stars Laia Costa and Susi Sánchez alongside Ramón Barea and Mikel Bustamante.
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Moviescramble - The Neural Cut Ep 23: The Killer

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A man solitary and cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, the killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. And yet the longer he waits, the more he thinks he's losing his mind, if not his cool. A brutal, bloody, and stylish noir story of a professional assassin lost in a world without a moral compass, this is a case study of a man alone, armed to the teeth and slowly losing his mind. The Killer is a 2023 American action thriller film[3] directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. It is based on the French graphic-novel series The Killer, written by Alexis "Matz" Nolent and illustrated by Luc Jacamon. The film stars Michael Fassbender in the main role alongside Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O'Malley, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, and Tilda Swinton in supporting roles. In the film, Fassbender plays an assassin who embarks on an international vendetta after a hit goes wrong. Development on the graphic novel adaptation began in November 2007, when Fincher was reported to direct the film with Alessandro Camon writing the script, and Paramount Pictures and Plan B Entertainment, respectively, were hired to distribute and produce the film. By February 2021, Fincher moved the project over to Netflix with Walker replacing Camon as writer and Fassbender circling the lead role. Swinton joined the cast that October, with filming beginning the following month, and wrapped March 2022. Filming locations included Paris, the Dominican Republic, and several places in the United States.
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Moviescramble - Deleted scenes Ep 112: Part 1

The first part of our off-cuts from our review of No Other Choice. Mostly what we've been watching.
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Moviescramble - The Neural Cut Ep 22: L'immensita

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Set in 1970s Rome, the film tracks the plight of a nuclear family, consisting of an unhappy married couple: Clara (a deeply dissatisfied expatriate Spaniard) and Felice (an abusive businessman cheating on Clara with his secretary), and their children Adriana, Gino, and Diana. Their eldest child, 12-year-old Adriana, experiences gender dysphoria; he rejects girlhood and instead goes by the name of Andrea (a primarily masculine name in Italian). Andrea develops a crush on Sara, a Roma girl who knows him as a boy. Upon a shared sense of being outsiders, Andrea and Clara grow closer. L'immensità (transl. The Immensity) is a 2022 drama film directed by Emanuele Crialese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni. It stars Penélope Cruz, Luana Giuliani, and Vincenzo Amato. An international co-production between Italy and France, the film follows a dysfunctional family in Italy in the 1970s. In 1970s Rome, Clara is a nonconformist Spanish expatriate trapped in a loveless marriage to Felice, an unfaithful and abusive businessman, with whom she has three children: Adriana, Gino, and Diana. Their eldest child, 12-year-old Adriana, experiences gender dysphoria. Adriana rejects girlhood and instead identifies as a boy, wearing boys' clothes and adopting the masculine name Andrea. One day, Andrea befriends Sara, a Romani girl who knows him as a boy. Upon a shared sense of being outsiders, Andrea and Clara grow closer.
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Moviescramble - The Neural Cut Ep 21: Moviescramble's Top Ten Films Of 2024

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk reviews written by Mary Munoz, Thomas Simpson, and John McArthur.
We look back to 2024. It was quite a year in film, and this is reflected in the top ten choices for the moviescramble writing team. The differences and general lack of crossover between the three lists emphasise the breadth of what was brought to the big and small screen.
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