All Reviews articles – Page 9
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Reviews‘What Comes From Sitting In Silence?’ review: Uneven study of Mumbai’s first female Islamic court
Sophie Schrago’s fly-on-the-wall doc plays Visions du Reel’s National Competition
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Reviews‘Alea Jacarandas’ review: Intimate doc explores the city of Algiers through a father-son relationship
Hassen Ferhani’s layered cine-essay premieres in Visions du Reel’s Burning Lights competition
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Reviews‘Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava’ review: Vietnam’s Nông Nhật Quang puts his family under the microscope
The film premieres at Visions du Reel before heading to Hot Docs
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Reviews‘Jaripeo’ review: Lyrical, layered documentary portrait of Mexico’s queer rodeo subculture
The film plays Visions du Reel after a Sundance premiere and Berlin Panorama berth
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Reviews‘The Mummy’ review: Lee Cronin follows ‘Evil Dead Rise’ with listless take on the classic monster movie
Jack Reynor and Laia Costa star in Cronin’s gory, derivative possession horror
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Reviews‘North To Paradise’ review: Stirring real-life immigration drama opens BCN Film Fest
Dani Sancho’s handsome biopic follows Ghanian activist Ousman Umar as he makes a new life in Barcelona
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Reviews‘Mother Mary’ review: Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel impress in David Lowery’s finely-crafted psychodrama
The film boasts original songs written by Jack Antonoff, Charlie xcx and FKA Twigs
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Reviews‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ review: Chris Pratt, Anya-Taylor Joy and Jack Black return to voice chaotic animated sequel
Glen Powell, Brie Larson and Donald Glover also join the cast of Nintendo video game animation
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Reviews‘The Drama’ review: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson steer provocative dark comedy
Twisting relationship drama from ‘Dream Scenario’ director Kristoffer Borgli also stars Alana Haim and Mamoudou Athie
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Reviews‘Underland’ review: Darren Aronofsky produces lyrical exploration of the world beneath our feet
For his debut documentary, filmmaker Robert Petit takes inspiration from the book by UK writer Robert Macfarlane
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Reviews‘Madfabulous’ review: Wales-set debut proves too pedestrian for its flamboyant real-life subject
Callum Scott Howells plays rebellious aristocrat the Fifth Marquess of Anglesey in this BFI Flare premiere
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Reviews‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ review: Charming Enid Blyton adaptation roots itself in childhood magic
Nicola Coughlan, Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield star in writer Simon Farnaby’s take on the classic novel
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Reviews‘Out Laws’ review: Thoughtful doc explores the impact of colonial anti-gay laws in Namibia and beyond
The debut feature of filmmakers Lexi Powner and James Lewis premieres in BFI Flare
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Reviews‘They Will Kill You’ review: Zazie Beetz fights back in Kirill Sokolov’s high-octane horror
The ’Why Don’t You Just Die?’ director’s English-language debut also stars Mya’la, Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham and Tom Felton
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Reviews‘Bitter Christmas’ review: Pedro Almodóvar muses on the creative process in personal, messy drama
The director’s latest work stars several of his regular collaborators including Leonardo Sbaraglia and Aitana Sánchez-Gijon
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Reviews‘Time And Water’ review: Sara Dosa follows ‘Fire Of Love’ with poetic study of Iceland’s changing landscape
The CPH:DOX premiere explores the threat posed by climate change to the country’s glaciers
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Reviews‘Adam’s Apple’ review: Intimate, expertly-crafted doc celebrates power of family and identity
Multidisciplinary artist Amy Jenkins filmed with her transgender son, Adam over the course of eight years
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Reviews‘Stormbound’ review: Jaw-dropping IMAX doc journeys into the eye of the storm
Director Miko Lim’s portrait of US storm chaser Jeff Gammons won a SXSW special jury award
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Reviews‘Wishful Thinking’ review: Maya Hawke and Lewis Pullman feel the power of love in potent SXSW winner
The feature debut of writer/director Graham Parkes won SXSW’s narrative feature prize
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Reviews‘Hunky Jesus’ review: BFI Flare opener is raucous portrait of San Francisco’s Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence
Jennifer M. Kroot explores the roots, impact and controversy of the LGBTQ+ advocacy group