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Lovers Rock
Following the premiere of Mangrove, the first part of Steve McQueen’s episodic Small Axe anthology, at London Film Festival earlier this week, this year’s events begin to draw to a…
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New Order (Nuevo Orden)
Streets are stained with blood and green paint during award-winning writer-director Michel Franco’s latest feature, New Order, a…
By Emma-Jane Betts
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Striding Into the Wind
Kun (Zhou You) sits at the back of his film class giggling with his friend, more interested in…
By Andrew Murray
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After Love
“Don’t stand too close to the edge,” says Mary’s (Joanna Scanlan) deceased husband Ahmed (Nasser Memarzia) on his…
By Andrew Murray
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Notturno
Notturno is probably Gianfranco Rosi’s most ambitious tapestry to date. Like his acclaimed 2016 documentary Fire at Sea,…
By Rosamund Kelby
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David Byrne’s American Utopia
Whether you’re a devoted fan of Talking Heads who cried into your pillow for a decade after they…
By Rosamund Kelby
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Shadow Country (Krajina Ve Stínu)
Good and evil are two concepts that aren’t always black and white. In Shadow Country, the latest project…
By Andrew Murray
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Another Round (Druk)
If you’re missing those days of beer-soaked abandon, of overflowing pints and last calls, this is the film…
By Rosamund Kelby
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If It Were Love (Si c’était de l’amour)
Director Patric Chiha’s first documentary since the release of Brothers of the Night in 2016, If It Were…
By Guy Lambert
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Bad Tales (Favolacce)
Bad Tales matches the grim determinism of its title. Bad things have happened, are happening, and will happen. This…
By Joseph Owen
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Sound for the Future
“E is for everything”, recites musician-turned-filmmaker Matt Hulse in an alphabet-book voiceover. And that’s certainly what Sound for…
By Rosamund Kelby
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A Common Crime (Un Crimen Común)
From the outset, A Common Crime puts the viewer in a place of discomfort. During the opening, set…
By Emily Harrison
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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
As the sun rises, so does the moon – but for the Roaring 20s bar in Las Vegas,…
By Guy Lambert