Film Editorial
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Disobedience
Based on the novel by Naomi Alderman, Chilean director Lelio’s follow-up to his dazzling and stirring transgender character study ‘A Fantastic Woman’ is more low-key and sombr...
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Three Identical Strangers
This documentary about three identical twins, Bobby Shafran, Eddy Galland and David Kellman, who were separated at birth then later reunited in the early 80s, belongs alongsid...
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Sorry to Bother You
Hip-hop artist turned writer-director Boots Riley’s hotly anticipated (in some quarters) political satire is just as unhinged and bonkers as mooted. The currently ubiquitous S...
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White Boy Rick
Based on a true story this crime drama about a disreputable blue-collar Detroit-dwelling dad and his son unfolds during the height of the 80s war on drugs, where desperate pol...
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Shoplifters
Another year, another masterly humanist picture from prolific Japanese writer-director Kore-Eda. This Palme d’Or winner sees him returning to his pet subjects: family relation...
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The Workshop
Writer-director Laurent Cantet returns to the classroom setting of his 2008 masterpiece docudrama ‘The Class’ with similarly involving results. The excellent Marina Foïs is Ol...
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Peterloo
Mike Leigh’s most ambitious film to date marks the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre, when the cavalry charged 60,000 peaceful protestors in St Peter’s Field, Manchester. I...
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Widows
A big screen reworking of Lynda La Plante’s 1980s TV series may seem a left field choice for artist-turned-auteur director Steve McQueen, but this ambitious and sprawling, if ...
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Suspiria
Luca ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Guadagino’s remake of Dario Argento’s 70s shocker trades the lurid fever dream quality of the original for a more densely themed but problematic ap...
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Mirai
This charming animation from Japanese writer-director Mamoru Hosada tells the hugely rewarding story of a headstrong tot who learns to adapt to what seems a catastrophic chang...
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Dogman
For this affecting and darkly humorous character study, Italian director Garronne returns to the scuzzy, heightened social realism of his most celebrated work, crime picture ‘...
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Skate Kitchen
Director Moselle’s 2015 debut picture ‘The Wolfpack’ was a fascinating documentary about a band of siblings who had been locked in a Manhattan apartment recreating their favou...
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Tehran Taboo
This bold and visually striking rotoscoped animated drama explores sex, drugs and hypocrisy in contemporary Iran via three troubled protagonists. We begin with a jolt as we en...
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