All Reviews articles – Page 110
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‘Abu Saddam’: Cairo Review
A veteran trucker and his assistant deliver a powerful portrayal of toxic masculinity for Egyptian director and co-writer Nadine Khan
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‘Heliopolis’: Review
Algeria’s International Oscar submission chronicles the nation’s long struggle for independence
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‘Becoming’: Cairo/Red Sea Review
All-female anthology takes a sparky driver’s seat approach to life in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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‘Do Not Hesitate’: Review
Young soldiers get in over their head in Shariff Korver’s slow-burning tale
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‘The Stranger’: Cairo Review
Palestine’s submission to the international Oscar category is set in the disputed Golan Heights
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‘West Side Story’: Review
Steven Spielberg approaches this sacred text with a care which gives it a modern resonance
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‘Nightmare Alley’: Review
Guillermo del Toro’s rich remake of the 1947 noir stars Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett
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‘107 Mothers’: Cairo Review
Inside a women’s prison in Ukraine, incarcerated mothers are forced to hand their children over for adoption
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‘Dear Thomas’: Tallinn Review
Black and white portrait of the East German man of letters Thomas Brasch wins the top prize at the Black Nights Film Festival
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‘Plaza Catedral’: Review
Abner Benaim’s second feature explores the relationship between a melancholy divorcee and a poor street child
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‘Bad Roads’: Review
Natalya Vorozhbit adapts her own play for this anguished look at recent Ukrainian history
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‘Cadejo Blanco’: Tallinn Review
In Guatemala, a young woman goes in desperate search of her sister in Justin Lerner’s nailbiting drama
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‘Io Sto Bene’: Review
Luxembourg’s official entry for the International Feature Oscar is an understated melodrama that blends past and present
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‘Eskape’: IDFA Review
Neary Adeline Hay retraces the steps she took as a child refugee feeling post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia
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‘Mafifa’: IDFA Review
Daniela Muñoz Barroso presents a dynamic portrait of late Cuban congan musician Mafifa
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‘A Thousand Fires’: IDFA Review
In Myanmar, a couplle drill for oil by hand and hope for better days in Saeed Farouky’s award-winning documentary
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‘After A Revolution’: IDFA Review
Two siblings on opposing sides of the Libyan civil war cope with its aftermath in different ways
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‘The Beatles: Get Back’: TV Review
Peter Jackson presents a detailed reworking of The Beatles’ 1969 Get Back studio sessions
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‘The Unforgivable’: Review
Sandra Bullock puts in an earnest performance in this unconvincing remake of British miniseries Unforgiven