Festival reviews – Page 172
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'Wandering Girl': Tallinn Review
A trip across the Colombian countryside with four half-sisters is an eloquent and languid pleasure
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'Amazing Grace': Doc NYC Review
After 46 years, Aretha Franklin’s legendary documentary finally sees the light of day
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'The Kleptocrats': Doc NYC Review
Gripping documentary about the scandal surrounding Malaysian wealth fund 1MDB
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'A First Farewell': Tokyo Review
A young Chinese boy confronts the end of his way of life in rural China
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'Before The Frost': Tokyo Review
Michael Noer’s period drama set in 1850s Denmark is grim but never less than gripping
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'Three Husbands': Tokyo Review
A young woman attempts to sate her addiction to sex in the final instalment of Fruit Chan’s ‘Prostitute Trilogy’
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'The Poet': Tokyo Review
A poet and his wife long to escape the confines of their rural mining town
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'Project Gutenberg': Tokyo Review
An expert counterfeiter turns police witness in Felix Chong’s crime thriller
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'Stan & Ollie': London Review
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star as one of comedy’s greatest-ever double-acts
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'After The Screaming Stops': London Review
This film about the reunion of the band Bros is much more than a routine rock doc
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'The Fight': London Review
UK comedy stalwart Jessica Hynes goes behind the camera for a drama about self-esteem
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'Irene's Ghost': London Review
A son tries to trace the story of his late mother in this poignant documentary
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'Vs.': London Review
Ed Lily sets his directorial debut in Southend’s battle rap scene, drawing strong performances from his young cast
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'That Time Of Year': London Review
Christmas in Denmark, with Paprika Steen and Sophie Gråbøl as feuding siblings at a family get-together
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'Sometimes Always Never': London Review
Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter and Sam Riley star in Carl Hunter’s debut feature
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'Clean Up': Busan Review
Debut from Kwon Man-ki shares top prize in Busan’s New Currents section
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'Happy New Year, Colin Burstead': Review
Ben Wheatley goes back to his roots for this family reunion set in a country house over New Year’s Eve
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'Been So Long': London Review
Michaela Coel and Arinze Kene star in this London-set musical, set for release on Netflix after a festival bow