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The World After Us (Le monde après nous)
Fans of künstlerroman rejoice! This portrait of the artist as a young man (apologies to James Joyce, our…
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Tina
Perhaps the most straightforwardly joyous part of Tina is when Ms Turner, now 80 years old, recalls meeting…
By Oliver Johnston
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Drift Away (Albatros)
What would it take to make the certainties of life suddenly seem uncertain? This is the question asked…
By Oliver Johnston
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Philly D.A.
The inadequacies and oddities of the US justice system are pushed into the spotlight in Philly D.A. Although…
By Oliver Johnston
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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc)
Golden Bear for Best Film winner Something to offset the intake of staid and middlebrow filmmaking – always…
By Joseph Owen
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Souad
Souad is a film about looking past the façade: of religion, of online escapism, of empty claims of…
By Samuel Nicholls
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Natural Light (Természetes fény)
The Russian Winter has defeated some of the most formidable armies of tyrants throughout history. Brutal and unforgiving,…
By Sean Gallen
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Tides
To describe the storyline of Tides might be a bit disorienting. The plot itself isn’t all that complex,…
By Oliver Johnston
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The Fam (La Mif)
This excellent, if dramatically overburdened realist drama has the quality of texture: the lives of seven girls in…
By Joseph Owen
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Ted K
Packed with cinematic tricks (cuts, fades, tilted angles: the lot!) and led by Sharlto Copley’s committed American accent,…
By Joseph Owen