All articles by Jonathan Holland
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Reviews‘Little Amelie’ review: Life in 1960s Japan through the eyes of a Belgian toddler
Charming animation is based on Amelie Nothomb’s memoir ‘The Character of Rain’
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Reviews‘A Poet’ review: A failed Colombian poet mentors a promising young talent
Simon Mesa Soto’s second feature is powered by a strong performance from non-professional Ubeimar Rios
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Reviews‘Sleepless City’ review: Coming-of-age drama set in Europe’s largest shanty town in Spain
Spain’s La Cañada Real outside Madrid is ian evocative backdrop for Guillermo Galoe’s drama
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Reviews‘The Redemption’ review: Daniel Guzman, Luis Tosar star in Madrid-set social drama
Guzman directs and stars in worthy piece about a man trying to save his grandmother from eviction
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Reviews‘Olmo’ review: Fernando Eimbcke delivers Plan B’s first micro-budget feature
Warm-hearted drama from the director of ‘Duck Season’ is set in New Mexico in the 1970s
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Reviews‘Deaf’ review: A new baby poses challenges for her hearing-impaired mother in Spanish debut
Eva Libertad’s thoughtful feature stars her sister, Miram Garlo
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Reviews’The Devil Smokes’ review: Potent Mexican debut tracks five siblings over a traumatic summer
Ernesto Martínez Bucio’s film bows in Berlin’s new Perspectives section
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Reviews‘Cutting Through Rocks’: Sundance Review
One woman takes on the patriarchy in a small Iranian village
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Reviews‘Mad Bills To Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)’: Sundance Review
Bronx-set charmer about a 19 year-old Dominican boy’s impending fatherhood
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Reviews‘Dismantling An Elephant’: Seville Review
A mother’s alcoholism casts a shadow over a wealthy Barcelona family
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Reviews‘A Missing Part’: Seville Review
Romain Duris is a French father working in Tokyo who falls foul of Japanese custody laws
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Reviews‘The Antique’: Seville Review
Georgia’s Oscar submission was shot in Russia and tracks exiles in St Petersburg
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Reviews‘Alpha.’: Seville Review
Frosty drama sees an estranged father and son battle for dominance in the unforgiving Swiss Alps
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Reviews‘Salve Maria’: Valladolid Review
A new mother’s thoughts turn murderous in Mar Coll’s gripping psychodrama
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Reviews‘Rita’: Valladolid Review
Paz Vega takes a child’s eye view of domestic violence in her 1980s Seville-set directorial debut
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Reviews‘They Will Be Dust’: Toronto Review
Toronto Platform winner is a dance about death and a suicide pact between a theatrical couple
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Reviews‘Anywhere Anytime’: Venice Review
The theft of a bicycle is the catalyst for this confident, incisive drama about a Sengalese immigrant in Italy
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Reviews‘Xibalba Monster’: Edinburgh Review
The Mayan ruins in Yucatan are fertile ground for a young boy’s fascination with death in this Edinburgh highlight
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Reviews‘Parvulos’: Fantasia Review
Three kids navigate an apocalyptic future in the latest from Mexican genre veteran Isaac Ezban