All articles by Wendy Ide, Senior international critic – Page 4
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‘Perla’: Rotterdam Review
A Slovak woman’s new life in 1980s Vienna is threatened by secrets from her past
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‘Dead Lover’: Rotterdam Review
A gravedigger goes to extreme lengths to mend a broken heart in this garish Canadian horror
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‘Rains Over Babel’: Rotterdam Review
Decadent interpretation of Dante’s Inferno plays out in a pop punk Colombian nightclub
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‘Zodiac Killer Project’: Sundance Review
A failed film acts as a springboard to examine our fascination with true crime in this unconventional doc
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‘Cactus Pears’: Sundance Review
A gay Indian man returns to his rural hometown in this sensitive drama
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Features
Films of the year 2024: Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide joined Screen in 2015 as a UK-based critic, and is also the chief film critic for The Observer
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‘Sima’s Song’: Red Sea Review
Two women struggle to maintain their friendship in the Afghanistan tinder-box of the 1970s as the Russians invade
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‘Seeking Haven For Mr Rambo’: Red Sea Review
Promising Egyptian debut draws on the powerful bond between one man and his dog
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‘Silent City Driver’: Tallinn Review
Tallinn winner Sengedorj Janchivdor’s powerful drama paces the streets of Ulaanbataar at night
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‘Johatsu’: Tallinn Review
Chilly Lithuanian drama sees a morgue worker consumed by the case of a missing man
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‘Pink Lady’: Tallinn Review
Sensitive portrait of a marriage under strain in Jerusalem’s Hasidic Jewish community
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‘Wishing On A Star’: Tallinn Review
Hybrid documentary follows an Italian astrologer who sends people around the world in search of their dreams
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‘Out Of Control’: Tallinn Review
Omar Sy and Elodie Bouchez star in Anne Le Ny’s domestic drama set in Brittany
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‘The Exalted’: Tallinn Review
Highly-effective satire focuses on an elite Latvian couple whose lifestyle is about to implode
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‘Reading Lolita In Tehran’: Tallinn Review
Golshifteh Farahani plays a literary professor trying to stem the tide of repression in revolutionary Iran
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‘Carnival Is Over’: Tallinn Review
A couple attempt to escape Brazil’s criminal underworld in Fernando Coimbra’s darkly comic drama
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’Lust In The Rain’: Tokyo Review
Ambitious, uneven erotic love triangle drama set in 1940s Japan
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‘The Unseen Sister’: Tokyo Review
Midi Zi’s first China-shot feature is a thriller starring Zhao Yiling
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‘Teki Cometh’: Tokyo Review
A retired university professor faces an unseen enemy in this frighteningly-effective drama from Japan