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Festival reviews
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Reviews‘The Son And The Sea’ review: A journey of self-discovery leads to Scottish coast in impressive debut
A troubled young man leaves London in search of fresh ideas in the first feature from Stroma Cairns
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Reviews‘Love + War’ review: Portrait of US war photographer Lynsey Addario from ‘Free Solo’ filmmakers
Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s insightful documentary focuses on the balance between ambition and responsibility
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Reviews‘H Is For Hawk’ review: Claire Foy soars in Philippa Lowthorpe’s sensitive adaptation
Dramatisation of Helen Macdonald’s bestselling 2014 memoir plays London after Telluride premiere
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Reviews‘One Woman One Bra’ review: A single woman fights for her rights in spirited Kenyan drama
Vincho Nchogu’s feature debut plays London’s First Feature Competition after premiering in Venice
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Reviews‘Moss & Freud’ review: Dramatisation of the 2002 collaboration between Lucian Freud and Kate Moss
Derek Jacobi and Ellie Bamber star as the artist and model in James Lucas’s lacklustre drama
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Reviews‘Is This Thing On?’ review: Bradley Cooper’s bittersweet third feature stars Will Arnett and Laura Dern
Arnett and Dern impress as a couple navigating divorce in Cooper’s latest awards contender
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Reviews‘At The Place Of Ghosts’ review: Indigenous brothers take a dark path in moody Canadian chiller
Bretten Hannam’s psychological thriller is set within Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaw community
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Reviews‘Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story’ review: Colourful portrait of US creative activist
Yemi Bamiro’s London Competition title about photographer Kwame Brathwaite features a wealth of archive footage
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Reviews‘The Eyes Of Ghana’ review: Warm documentary profiles Ghanian cinematographer Chris Hesse
Ben Proudfoot follows the nonagenarian filmmaker’s attempts to digitise his archive of negatives from the 1950s and 60s
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Reviews‘Tharae: The Exorcist’ review: Thai horror blends familiar possession narrative with religious folklore
Taweewat Wantha’s gory thriller sees an ancient demon terrorise a Catholic village
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Reviews‘Hen’ review: Greek life seen from the perspective of a plucky chicken makes for a compelling drama
Hungarian director György Pálfi’s emotive film takes the point of view of a hen escaping an industrial farm to reflect on humanity
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Reviews‘Mārama’ review: Striking debut sees a Māori woman confront her past in 19th century Yorkshire
Taratoa Stappard’s gothic thriller features an impressive central performance from Ariāna Osborne
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Reviews‘Retreat’ review: A school for the deaf may not be all it appears in atmospheric UK thriller
The latest from UK filmmaker Ted Evans features a deaf principal cast and the use of British Sign Language
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Reviews‘Obhut’ review: A sibling relationship is tested in sensitive German debut
Veronika Hafner confidently handles delicate themes in her Munich-set family drama
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Reviews‘Gavagai’ review: Ulrich Kohler splits his satirical drama between Senegal and Berlin
The writer/director’s latest revolves around a fictional film version of Medea being made in West Africa
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Reviews‘Anemone’ review: Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the big screen in family drama directed by his son
Sean Bean and Samantha Morton also star in the feature debut of Ronan Day-Lewis
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Reviews‘Desert Warrior’ review: Visually stunning Saudi Arabian epic lacks an emotional core
Antony Mackie and Sir Ben Kingsley star in Rupert Wyatt’s 7th century Arabian drama
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Reviews‘Good Valley Stories’ review: José Luis Guerín documents life in Barcelona’s Vallbona district
The Spanish director’s latest work plays in San Sebastian Competition
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Reviews‘The Fence’ review: Isaach de Bankolé roots Claire Denis’ atmospheric West Africa thriller
Matt Dillon and Mia McKenna-Bruce also star in this uneven adaptation of the 1979 play ‘Black Battles With Dogs’
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Reviews‘Two Pianos’ review: Arnaud Desplechin drama features a virtuoso performance from Charlotte Rampling
François Civil and Nadia Tereszkiewicz also star in this tale of a concert pianist distracted by matters of the heart