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Arianna

Director Carlo Lavagna delivers a journey of sexual self-discovery in a world where the line between female and…

By Melissa Hoban
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Retribution

Redemption of sin may be the name of the game in Spanish director Dani de la Torre’s newest…

By Harriet Clugston
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Valley of Love

Valley of Love is a tale first and foremost of loss, grief and blame one can feel upon…

By Melissa Hoban
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Tangerine

Part drama, part comedy, Tangerine is the raw account of a transgender prostitute whose love troubles take the…

By Mersa Auda
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Chvrches – Every Open Eye

Chvrches’ success comes in waves. One minute they’re propelled at you with a force of nigh on impossible…

By Keira Trethowan
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Right Now, Wrong Then

South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo, a tried-and-tested festival favourite, stays comfortably within his territory with Right Now, Wrong…

By Harriet Clugston
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The Endless River

The Endless River opens on a series of sweeping landscapes of South Africa, accompanied by a melody worthy…

By Nina Hudson
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Queen of Earth

Sometimes friends seem to be friends for no other reason than because they are. In Alex Ross Perry’s…

By Benedict McKenna
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Nie Yinniang (The Assassin)

Based on a short fiction of the same name from the time of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907AD),…

By Nina Hudson
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Sunrise

Most cinematic exports from India are less of the Bollywood style and more of the Hindu crime drama.…

By Daniel Engelke