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13/02/2019
IFFR 2019: Koko-di Koko-da review
★★★★☆ In Swedish filmmaker Johannes Nyholm’s second feature Koko-di Koko-da, three bizarre characters from a children’s music box come toContinue Reading
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10/02/2019
IFFR 2019: Present.Perfect. review
★★★★☆ Shengze Zhu’s IFFR 2019 Tiger Award winner looks at the culture of live-streaming in China. Composed entirely of foundContinue Reading
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07/02/2019
IFFR 2019: Sheena667 review
★★★☆☆ Actor-director Grigory Dobrygin’s debut feature and IFFR Tiger Competitor Sheena667 tells the story of a Russian couple whose plansContinue Reading
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07/02/2019
IFFR 2019: Sofia review
★★★☆☆ In Sofia, a young, unmarried Moroccan woman has a child out-of-wedlock. In a film deemed as a ‘social thriller’Continue Reading
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06/02/2019
IFFR 2019: The Best of Dorien B. review
★★★☆☆ In Belgian director Anke Blondé’s The Best of Dorien B., a thirtysomething married mother of two with a flourishingContinue Reading
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05/02/2019
IFFR 2019: Transnistra review
★★★★☆ Swedish director Anna Eborn’s documentary follows six teenagers as they go about their lives in Transnistria, an unrecognised stateContinue Reading
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14/01/2019
MAMI 2018: Colette review
★★★★☆ Wash Westmoreland’s biopic on the French literary icon takes its audience through Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette’s early years and sees herContinue Reading
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11/12/2018
DVD Review: Kusama – Infinity
★★★☆☆ Kusama – Infinity delves into the life and work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama tracing her story from aContinue Reading
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29/11/2018
Film Review: Three Identical Strangers
★★★★☆ Tim Wardle engagingly recounts the fascinating story of a set of triplets who were separated at birth and reunitedContinue Reading
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07/11/2018
MAMI 2018: Long Day’s Journey Into Night review
★★★☆☆ Bi Gan’s follow-up to Kaili Blues is a stylish noir which drifts through a fluid world of dreams, memories and languidContinue Reading
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07/11/2018
MAMI 2018: Shadow review
★★★★☆ Famous Fifth Generation Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s latest wuxia tale based in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history is aboutContinue Reading
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06/11/2018
MAMI 2018: Grass review
★★★☆☆ A writer sits in a café listening in on conversations had over coffee and soju about serious and mundaneContinue Reading
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05/11/2018
MAMI 2018: Diamantino review
★★★☆☆ This debut feature by directors Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt uses humour, a mix of genres and an inaneContinue Reading
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31/10/2018
MAMI 2018: Fugue review
★★★☆☆ In Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczynska’s fantasy-infused psychological drama Fugue, a woman loses her memory following a traumatic incident andContinue Reading
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29/10/2018
MAMI 2018: Too Late to Die Young review
★★★★☆ Too Late to Die Young, the second feature from Chilean filmmaker Dominga Sotomayor Castillo, is a tale of growingContinue Reading