All articles by Amber Wilkinson – Page 2
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Reviews‘The Gallerist’ review: Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega crackle in Cathy Yan’s rollicking romp
Yan’s smart third feature makes its debut in Sundance Premieres
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Reviews‘Wicker’ review: Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard are made for each other in charming love story
Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer’s second feature also stars Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki and Richard E Grant
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Reviews‘The Moment’ review: Singer Charli XCX lampoons her Brat-era fame in chaotic mockumentary
Alexander Skarsgard and Rosanna Arquette also star in Sundance premiere
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Reviews‘American Doctor’ review: Hard-hitting doc follows three US doctors on the ground in Gaza
Poh Si Teng’s film proves an emotional gut-punch portrait of life during conflict
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Reviews‘Carousel’ review: Chris Pine and Jenny Slate rekindle a lost love in endearing relationship drama
Rachel Lambert follows ‘Sometimes I Think About Love’ with authentic look at mid-life romance
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Reviews‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’ review: Emma Thompson exec produces immersive Glasgow protest doc
Felipe Bustos Sierra explores 2021 demonstration through interviews, archive footage and reenactments
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FeaturesFilms of the year 2025: Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson is an Edinburgh-based journalist with more than 20 years’ experience. She has been writing for Screen since 2019.
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Reviews‘A Place For Her’ review: Strong, immersive social drama unravels in a Parisian women’s support centre
Mélisa Godet’s debut feature is powered by an authentic approach and a raft of strong performances
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Reviews‘Behind The Palm Trees’ review: Formulaic Moroccan love triangle drama bolstered by strong performances
Meryem Benm’Barek’s second feature makes its debut in Marrakech competition
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Reviews‘The Woman Who Poked The Leopard’ review: Intense portrait of Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi
Patience Nitumwesiga profiles the exiled feminist poet in scattergun DOK Leipzig title
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Reviews‘Another Birth’ review: Lyrical Tajikistan drama sees a young girl search for a mythical creature
Busan competition title is first in intended trilogy from US-based Tajik filmmaker Isabelle Kalandar
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Reviews‘Winter Of The Crow’ review: Lesley Manville propels gripping Polish Cold War thriller
The British star captivates as a professor on a deadly trip to 1980s Warsaw in Kasia Adamik’s gritty drama
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Reviews‘Our Time Will Come’ review: Sarajevo documentary winner is study of interracial love in Vienna
Ivette Löcker follows an Austrian woman and a Gambian man as they navigate their relationship
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Reviews‘9-Month Contract’ review: Powerful documentary explores Georgia’s exploitative surrogacy industry
Director Ketevan Vashagashvili sensitively follows a single mother through her third surrogate pregnancy
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Reviews‘Phantoms Of July’ review: Past and present collide in breezy absurdist German comedy drama
Julian Radlmaier’s latest plays Sarajevo after premiering in Locarno
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Reviews’North South Man Woman’ review: North Korean women seek South Korean husbands in illuminating documentary
Morten Traavik and Sun Kim’s clear-eyed film follows the highs and lows of love across the cultural divide
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Reviews‘God Will Not Help’ review: Croatian filmmaker Hana Jusic’s intense second feature revels in its mysteries
This slow-burn drama stars Manuela Martelli as an enigmatic stranger
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Reviews‘White Snail’ review: Delicate Belarusian debut narrative feature focuses on two lonely souls
Filmmakers Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter work with non-professional cast in a story about a model and a morgue worker
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Reviews’Yakushima’s Illusion’ review: Vicky Krieps stars in Naomi Kawase’s humanistic Japanese hospital drama
Writer/director Kawase presents a delicately-handled study of the country’s challenging organ donation landscape
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Reviews‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ review: Locarno Golden Leopard winner is poetic drama from Japan’s Sho Miyake
A Korean writer searches for creative and romantic fulfilment in Japan