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Held me so fast I was outbid on eBay: Clemency reviewed

18 July 2020

9:00 AM

18 July 2020

9:00 AM

Clemency

Curzon Home Cinema

Clemency stars Alfre Woodard as a prison warden on death row whose job is beginning to take its toll, and if you think it sounds like a tough watch, you’d be right. But it is also a masterwork, won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, and doesn’t at any juncture call on the uplifting, healing power of cake — see: Love Sarah — so it has that going for it too.

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