All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 7
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‘Animal’: Locarno Review
A troupe of entertainers at an all-inclusive Greek island resort dig into a new season in Sofia Exarchou’s follow-up to ‘Park’
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‘Double Blind’: Galway Review
Savvy Irish suspense/body horror leaves room open for a – not unwelcome – sequel
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‘A Greyhound Of A Girl’: Galway Review
A young girl confronts mortality in this colourful animated adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s novel
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‘The Miracle Club’: Galway Review
Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Laura Linney head this long-gestating drama set in 1960s Ireland
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‘Background’: FIDMarseille Review
FIDMarseille’s International Competition winner follows a son’s attempt to learn more about his father’s past
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‘The Dive’: Munich Review
A diver fights to save her sister trapped under the waves in this claustrophobic English-language thriller from Germany.
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‘100 Seasons’: Transilvania Review
Auto-fiction by former Swedish ballet dancer Giovanni Bucchieri is honest and heartfelt
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‘Between Revolutions’: Transilvania Review
Vlad Petri’s hybrid documentary about the realities of revolution takes Best Romanian Feature at Transilvania
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‘Like A Fish On The Moon’: Transilvania Review
A young boy’s refusal to speak turns family life on its head in this Transilvania-winning drama from Iran
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‘L’Abbé Pierre - A Century Of Devotion’: Cannes Review
Benjamin Lavernhe takes the title role in this epic sweep through the social problems of modern France
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‘Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell’: Cannes Review
A man embarks on a physical and spiritual journey in this arresting debut drama from Vietnam
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‘The Buriti Flower’: Cannes Review
Docu-drama explores the relationship between the past and present for Brazil’s indigenous Krahô community
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‘Little Girl Blue’: Cannes Review
Marion Cotillard stars in Mona Achache’s vivid doc-hybrid reconstruction of her late mother’s troubled life
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‘Bread And Roses’: Cannes Review
Jennifer Lawrence-backed doc reveals a powerful resistance against the Taliban amongst Afghan women
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’Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry’: Cannes Review
An independent middle-aged woman reaches a crisis point in this endearingly-acted Georgia-set romantic drama
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‘Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled’: Cannes Review
Insightful, wide-ranging documentary explores Liv Ullmann’s life and work in cinema and activism
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‘Vincent Must Die’: Cannes Review
An ordinary man finds himself in the middle of a pandemic of violence in Stephan Castang’s edgy horror
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‘In Flames’: Cannes Review
A young Pakistani woman endures the horrors of a patriarchal society in this slow-burn Karachi-set thriller
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‘Ama Gloria’: Cannes Review
A six-year-old girl must contend with losing her beloved nanny in this ’charmed, heartwarming’ Critics Week opening film
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’Where Would You Like To Go?’: Jeonju Review
Jeonju’s closing film is partially set in Warsaw where a widow attempts to navigate her grief after a sudden tragedy