Despite how snugly The Swordsman fits within this oft-explored genre, it is nonetheless a solidly entertaining piece of work with well-developed characters.
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In Robby Ertanto’s Ave Maryam, an exotic tale of a forbidden courtship between a nun and a priest yearns for intimacy.
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King expertly strips away the trappings of fame and the burdens of hindsight to reveal the self-doubting, exhausted men underneath these imposing legends as they spend their night in Miami.
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If you are a comedy nut at the movies—or streaming at home—there are few better things to see than 2019’s Greener Grass.
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Setting up and subsequently flipping Ruben’s world within seven pages is a testament to the writers using tried and tested techniques to tell a new, interesting story.
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Based on the diaries of Mohamedou Ould Slahi from when he was unlawfully held at Guantanamo Bay in the aftermath of 9/11, ‘The Mauritanian’ is a deeply engaging and enraging piece of work.
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This year at IFFR, Faraut returns with his new film, Les sorcieres de l’Orient, a story of triumph, dedication, and perhaps Japan’s most iconic sports team.
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Taking an exciting and fascinating part of British musical history the film chooses to explore it and explain it through one specific pair of rose-tinted glasses.
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After his wife dies in a train crash, military man Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) seeks revenge. Read our review of ‘Riders of Justice’ from Glasgow Film Festival.
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True History illuminates the ways shared fiction gives form and mass to rebellion, and how cult mythology acts as the cornerstone to revolt.
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The largely overlooked film was ahead of its time for its portrayal of mental illness and motherhood in the context of horror.
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Mr Glass and David Dunn walk side by side in a crowded street. Mr Glass uses a cane.
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From bonfires to soccer games, the film meanders with the whims of these girls as they come to navigate the invisible horrors of being a teenage girl.
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Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s documentary takes a poetic approach to what makes up “place” and the result is perhaps one of the most interesting psycho-geographic documentaries in recent years.
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Despite the seduction of Promising Young Woman and its revenge-served-cold plot tease, Fennell’s candy-coated film instead dishes out a nuanced and realistic look at the catastrophic impact of sexual assault on not only victims, but on all those around them.
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Birney and Audley beg us to escape on a thrilling adventure into their fancy, but Strawberry Mansion is an astonishing dreamscape odyssey that’ll have you craving for one more minute of sleep.
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It’s a Sin is not only a sincere exploration of the AIDS crisis in 1980s London, but also explores how we deal with fear.
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John Ford had John Wayne, Sergio Leone had Clint Eastwood and Sergio Corbucci had Franco Nero. Often seen as the face of Spaghetti Westerns, Nero’s rise to cult fame had a director correlation with the works of Corbucci. Making several Westerns during his illustrious career, his most acclaimed work came during the late 60s, like…
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