All articles by Jonathan Holland – Page 2
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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 Platform winner is an admirably unsentimental end-of-life drama
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
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Reviews‘Haunted Heart’: Review
Matt Dillon is a man with something to hide in Fernando Trueba’s Greek-island set noir
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Reviews‘Turning Tables’: Munich Review
Barbara Sukowa and Lambert Wilson head this multi-layered story of the fallout from the arrival of a naive Moroccan immigrant in Berlin
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Reviews‘Baby’: Cannes Review
A young man abandoned by his parents turns to sex work on the streets of Sao Paolo in this upbeat Critics Week title
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Reviews‘The Other Way Around’: Cannes Review
Jonas Trueba’s first film in Cannes follows a young Spanish couple who decide to celebrate their break-up
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Reviews‘Savanna And The Mountain’: Cannes Review
Hybrid documentary becomes part of the protest as villagers in rural Portugal fight to save their way of life
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Reviews‘The Hyperboreans’: Cannes Review
Chilean provocateurs Cristobal Leon and Joaquin Cocina turn the full force of their craft to a reverie involving right-wing extremist Miguel Serrano
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Reviews‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed’: Cannes Review
A mother and daughter step up to run the family’s gambling den on an estate outside Buenos Aires in this grungy Directors Fortnight noir
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Reviews‘A House On Fire’: Review
A dysfunctional family gathers for an explosive weekend on the Costa Brava in this dark Catalan comedy
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Reviews‘Saturn Return’: Malaga Review
Malaga winner by Isaki Lacuesta is loosely based on the travails of Spanish indie band Los Planetas
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Reviews‘As Neves’: Malaga Review
Accomplished debut follows the disappearance of a teenage girl in an isolated rural Spanish town
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Reviews‘Little Loves’: Malaga Review
Celia Rico Clavellino’s intimate Spanish drama tracks a troubled mother-daughter relationship
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Reviews‘We Treat Women Too Well’: Malaga Review
Carmen Machi leads the fray in this reverse-engineered Spanish civil war shoot-’em-up
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Reviews‘Pajaros’: Malaga Review
Two middle-aged men embark on an impromptu road trip in Pau Dura’s endearing character study