San Sebastian reviews
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‘Joan Of Arc’ review: Hlynur Pálmason’s lyrical ode to the Icelandic landscape
The director’s non-narrative companion to ’The Love That Remains’ again features his three children
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‘Good Valley Stories’ review: José Luis Guerín documents life in Barcelona’s Vallbona district
The Spanish director’s latest work plays in San Sebastian Competition
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‘The Fence’ review: Isaach de Bankolé roots Claire Denis’ atmospheric West Africa thriller
Matt Dillon and Mia McKenna-Bruce also star in this uneven adaptation of the 1979 play ‘Black Battles With Dogs’
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‘Two Pianos’ review: Arnaud Desplechin drama features a virtuoso performance from Charlotte Rampling
François Civil and Nadia Tereszkiewicz also star in this tale of a concert pianist distracted by matters of the heart
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‘Six Days In Spring’ review: A Côte d’Azur vacation proves revelatory in intimate Joachim Lafosse drama
Eye Haïdara impresses as the divorced woman at the heart of Joachim Lafosse’s San Sebastian Competition title
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‘Sundays’ review: Astute family drama finds a Spanish teenager drawn to convent life
Newcomer Blanca Soroa shines in Alaúda Ruiz de Azúa’s’s sensitive San Sebastian Competition title
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‘Franz’ review: Agnieszka Holland’s creative portrait of Czech writer Franz Kafka
Holland takes an unconventional approach to the biopic, which hits familiar narrative beats
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‘In-I In Motion’ review: Juliette Binoche’s directorial debut is account of her 2008 dance-drama
Binoche worked with British choreographer and dancer Akram Khan on performance In-I
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‘Los Tigres’ review: Alberto Rodríguez’s aquatic thriller sees a sibling duo lured into crime
Antonio de la Torre and Bárbara Lennie star in the Spanish director’s tense San Sebastian Competition title
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‘27 Nights’ review: Daniel Hendler’s colourful drama contemplates attitudes to ageing
The actor-director also stars alongside Marilú Marini’s carefree octogenarian in Netflix’s San Sebastián opener
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‘Serpent’s Path’: Busan Review
Kiyoshi Kurosawa updates his 1998 crime thriller and moves the action from Tokyo to France
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’Marco’: San Sebastián Review
Eduard Fernandez grounds this Incredible true-life story of a fake Holocaust survivor that closes San Sebastian
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‘The Last Breath’: San Sebastian Review
Costa-Gravas deals with death in this wordy philosophical drama
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‘The Wailing’: San Sebastian Review
A mysterious entity stalks three young women in this effective Spanish-language horror debut
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‘The Man Who Loved UFOs’: San Sebastian Review
Diego Lerman’s based-on-real-life dramedy stars Leonardo Sbaraglia as a TV reporter gone rogue
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‘Modi - Three Days On The Wings Of Madness’: San Sebastian Review
Johnny Depp directs a chaotic romp through three days in the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani
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‘Bound In Heaven’: San Sebastian Review
Veteran screenwriter Huo Xin makes her directorial debut with a genre-infused drama about domestic abuse
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‘On Falling’: San Sebastian Review
A Portugese factory worker in Scotland struggles to make a connection in this effective debut
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‘When Fall Is Coming’: San Sebastián Review
Francois Ozon is in fine fettle for this later-life puzzle piece starring Helene Vincent
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‘Hard Truths’: San Sebastián Review
Mike Leigh bites back with this trenchant piece starring a superb Marianne-Jean Baptiste