Cinema & TV
“They can expect a totally new Sherlock”: Blu Hunt and Dougray Scott on Sherlock & Daughter
Sherlock & Daughter introduces a new complication to the detective’s life in the form of Amelia Rojas (Blu…
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The Unknown
Arthur Harari’s The Unknown opens at a costume party, where David Zimmerman (Niels Schneider) wanders among the guests,…
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Strawberries
While discussions of migration tend to focus on young, single men, Laïla Marrakchi turns her attention to women…
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Women on Trial
Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller’s Women on Trial dramatises the landmark 1972 Bobigny trial, in which a teenage…
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Diamond
Andy Garcia’s Diamond opens with the elaborate morning routine of its titular private investigator, Joe Diamond (Garcia), who…
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Minotaur
There are no front lines in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur. Instead, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes itself felt through…
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem
In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves brought together some of the surviving leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance at…
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The Meltdown
Manuela Martelli's The Meltdown is set in Chile in 1992, at a remote luxury ski hotel in the…
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Paper Tiger
Paper Tiger opens with a standard crime thriller set-up: two brothers, one reckless and one cautious, edging toward…
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Gentle Monster
When films deal with abusive or predatory men, the focus usually settles on revelation, guilt or punishment. The…
By Christina Yang