All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 12
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         Reviews Reviews‘Padre Pio’: Venice ReviewShia LaBeouf leads Abel Ferrara’s compelling historical drama about a canonised Franciscan Capuchin friar 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Origin Of Evil’: Venice ReviewLaure Calamy leads a powerhouse cast in Sebastien Marnier’s twisty thriller 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Bobi Wine: Ghetto President’: Venice ReviewThis gripping documentary charts the rise of the pop star-turned-politician seeking to end Uganda’s brutal dictatorship 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Artifice Girl’: Fantasia ReviewAmbitious sci-fi exploring the evolving role of artificial intelligence in the modern world 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Polaris’: Fantasia ReviewFantasia’s opener is a fast-paced and bloody parable set in a future suffering a permanent winter 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra’: Bifan ReviewA lonely fungus seeks human contact in Park Syeyoung’s surprisingly wistful genre debut 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Unstable Object II’: FIDMarseille ReviewDaniel Eisenberg presents another closely-observed, absorbing portrait of three international businesses 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Lucie Loses Her Horse’: FIDMarseille ReviewClaude Schmitz reworks his Covid-cancelled theatre production into a dreamlike drama about the power of performance 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Piano Dreams’: Galway ReviewGary Lennon documents the struggles and sacrifices of three wannabe piano stars in modern China 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Sparrow’: Galway ReviewMichael Kinirons makes a striking debut with this sensitively handled drama of a family lost in their grief 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Clouded Reveries’: Galway ReviewCiara Nic Chormaic presents an intimate, poetic portrait of writer Doireann Ni Ghriofa 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Joyride’: Galway ReviewOpening the Galway Fleadh, Emer Reynolds’ somewhat contrived feelgood drama stars Olivia Colman and newcomer Charlie Reid 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Solastalgia’: Munich ReviewDifficult issues of climate change inform Marina Hufnagel’s modest but effective docu-drama 
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         Reviews Reviews‘A Higher Law’: Transilvania ReviewOctav Chelaru makes his debut with this carefully calibrated portrait of a woman who finds her faith tested 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Private Messages’: Transilvania ReviewFilmmaker Matias Bize presents a selection of eight intimate pandemic-inspired monologues 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Good Girl Jane’: Tribeca ReviewA double win for Sarah Elizabeth Mintz’s debut at Tribeca also honours Rain Spencer’s breakout performance in the title role 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Masquerade’: Cannes ReviewNicolas Bedos’ mystery thriller has the suspense and sardonic wit of the Hollywood classics 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Dodo’: Cannes ReviewPanos Koutras’ chaotic comedy farce is an ambitious fresco of a family’s existential crisis 
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         Reviews Reviews‘1976’: Cannes ReviewAn impressive and moving debut from actor turned director Manuela Martelli 
 








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