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Reviews'The Drummer And The Keeper': Galway Review
Dir/scr. Nick Kelly. Ireland, 2017. 92 mins.The first film from Irish former musician and commercials director Nick Kelly, The Drummer And The Keeper is a Rain Man-like comedy/drama in which both protagonists suffer from mental illness – a young man with bipolar disorder who embarks on ...
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Reviews'Michael Inside': Galway Review
Frank Berry’s prison drama won Best Irish Film at Galway’s Fleadh, with newcomer Dafhyd Flynn also picking up an award
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Reviews'Men Don't Cry': Karlovy Vary Review
Dir. Alen Drljević. Bosnia & Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia/Germany. 2017. 98 minsIn Men Don’t Cry, an empty Serbian hotel becomes one more battleground in the ceaseless Yugoslav Wars. Nearly 20 years after the official end of hostilities, many former combatants have still never truly escaped, a fact that director ...
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Reviews'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets': Review
Luc Besson’s space opera hits exuberant notes but never sings.
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Reviews'How Viktor 'The Garlic' Took Alexey 'The Stud' to the Nursing Home': Karlovy Vary Review
Alexander Hant’s debut, a frenetic Russian satire, won the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary
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Reviews'Corporate': Karlovy Vary Review
The HR department is the centre of this French boardroom thriller which gives Céline Sallette a showcase role
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Reviews'Keep The Change': Karlovy Vary Review
Sweeping awards as it travels the festival circuit, this warm romantic comedy features two autistic leads
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Reviews'The Garden (Summerhauser)': Munich Review
Munich winner is a finely-crafted success for director Sonja Maria Kröner
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Reviews'The Line': Karlovy Vary Review
Crime thriller set in the gangs of Eastern Europe is a spiritual cousin to The Sopranos
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Reviews'More': Karlovy Vary Review
A tough-themed debut from actor Onur Saylak tackles the issue of refugees through the prism of a father-and-son trafficking operation
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Reviews'The Birds Are Singing In Kigali': Karlovy Vary Review
The last film from Krzysztof Krauze and his wife Joanna deals with the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide
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Reviews'Bad Genius': New York Asian Film Festival Review
Bad dreams about failed tests have never been this nerve-rattling: Thai blockbuster is a tense thrill ride
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Reviews'No Bed Of Roses' ('Doob'): Shanghai Review
Irrfan Khan takes the lead in this nuanced film from Bangladesh about a husband’s infidelity
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Reviews'The Cakemaker': Karlovy Vary Review
Familiar ingredients give rise to an impressive drama from a first-time Israeli film-maker
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Reviews'The White World According To Daliborek': Karlovy Vary Review
A Neo-Nazi ‘reveals his cretinous nature all by himself’ in Vit Klusák’s latest documentary
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Reviews'England Is Mine': Edinburgh Review
This biopic of The Smiths’ frontman Morrissey - played by Jack Lowden - closes the 2017 Edinburgh Film Festival
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Reviews'Khibula': Karlovy Vary Review
George Ovashvili returns with an examination of humanity and power set in a remote and beautiful Georgia
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Reviews'Arrhythmia': Karlovy Vary Review
Strong performances from its two leads mark out this Russian medical drama competing at Karlovy Vary
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Reviews'Pomegranate Orchard': Karlovy Vary Review
Dir. Ilgar Najaf. Azerbaijan. 2017. 90 minsAn interpretation of Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard, Ilgar Najaf’s Pomegranate Orchard (Nar baği) is a measured familial drama played out against the picturesque backdrop of the titular plantation. As a depiction of a time that has passed amidst the ...