Ben Oliver

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film
31 May 2026

Tuner

“Tuning a piano is about creating harmony out of chaos, and to do that you’ve got to be comfortable with imperfection.”
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A piano tuner (Leo Woodall) with sensitive hearing discovers he has a talent for safe cracking. He starts work for an Israeli crime syndicate to pay for his mentor’s (Dustin Hoffmann) medical bills.

film
28 May 2026

Drive My Car

Watching this for the book club, but it’s my second viewing of the film.

film
21 May 2026

The Stringer

A documentary that proposes that Nick Ut, photographer of “The Terror of War” (aka Napalm Girl), may not have actually taken the photo. Instead it seems like it was taken by a ‘stringer’ (a local freelancer, in journo speak)—Nguyễn Thành Nghệ.

film
10 May 2026

Good Grief

A man (Daniel Levy) loses his husband (Luke Evans) unexpectedly and so brings a couple of friends (Ruth Negga, Himesh Patel) with him on a trip to Paris to get away from London.

film
05 May 2026

Run Fatboy Run

A man (Simon Pegg) gets dumped by his long-term girlfriend (Thandiwe Newton), so decides to run a marathon to try to impress her and win her back. Hank Azaria plays the new boyfriend and Dylan Moran plays the quirky best friend.

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