All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 5
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‘Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’: Sundance Review
This Sundance Grand Jury prizewinner is an unconventional documentary about African American poet Nikki Giovanni
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‘The Persian Version’: Sundance Review
Layla Mohammadi is a standout in Maryam Keshavarz’s crowdpleasing Iranian-American drama
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‘20 Days In Mariupol’: Sundance Review
Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov presents an unflinching account of the early days of the Russian invasion
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‘Four Little Adults’: Rotterdam Review
A middle-class couple try a lifestyle of polyamory in this Finnish comedy of manners
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‘Drift’: Sundance Review
Cynthia Erivo stars in Anthony Chen’s sensitive, understated third feature, set on a Greek island
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‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’: Sundance Review
A new generation of women comes clean in the woodland wilds of Estonia
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‘When It Melts’: Sundance Review
A woman confronts her challenging past in this Belgian debut from actor-turned-filmmaker Veerle Baetens
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Features
Films of the year 2022: Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter has worked for Screen since 1990. He is based in Edinburgh and is co-director of Glasgow Film Festival.
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‘A Childless Village’: Red Sea Review
An elderly filmmaker returns to a small village to set things right in this Azerbaijan-set comedy
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‘Goddamned Asura’: Review
Taiwan’s Oscar submission explores the effects of a mass shooting in a Taiwanese market
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‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’: Review
A global hit on Netflix, this exuberant Indian musical now makes a play for awards
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‘Bread And Salt’: Cairo Review
Damian Kocur’s mature and thought-provoking debut sees a talented pianist return to the pressure cooker of his small home town
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‘Tinnitus’: Cairo Review
An professional diver does battle with her body in Gregorio Graziosi’s stylish thriller
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‘Pray For Our Sinners’: Review
Documentarian Sinead O’Shea explores the difficult history of Ireland’s religious abuses
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‘A Date In Minsk’: Doclisboa Review
This one-take documentary re-stages the director’s first date with his ex-girlfriend
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‘A Landscaped Area Too Quiet For Me’: Doclisboa Review
Life passes slowly for the director’s grandparents, and a turbulent past still lingers in this award-winning documentary from Spain
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‘Scent Of Wind’: Busan Review
Busan opens with this update on the ‘Good Samaritan’ story set in remotest Iran and written and directed by Hadi Mohaghegh
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‘Autobiography’: Busan Review
Former critic Makbul Mubarak makes an impressive feature debut with this Indonesia-set tale of power and corruption
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‘Zwigato’: Busan Review
Kapil Sharma switches register to play a family man struggling with India’s gig economy in the latest from Nandita Das