What might you say if you came face to face with the parents of the child who killed your child?
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The Humans (2021)
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This very confident directing debut from writer Stephen Karam has star power that will pull many an unsuspecting viewer into an inexorably bleak story.
Continue reading1976 (2022)
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Pinochet’s Chile in 1976 is a time where any opposition to his dictatorship meant quiet disappearance and torture or murder out of the public eye.
Continue readingPlan 75 (2022)
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This is a beautiful mood piece that explores what the world might look like if the elderly were no longer valued.
Continue readingNavalny (2022)
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This is just the kind of documentary you want to watch. It’s got intrigue, a charismatic protagonist and it captures real-life drama unfolding on camera.
Continue readingUnder the Fig Trees (2021)
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Erige Sehiri makes her fiction and feature debut with this sun-dappled pastoral day in the lives of Tunisian workers harvesting figs.
Continue reading107 Mothers (Цензорка) (2021)
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This must be one of the most convincing ‘docufictions’ I have even seen. Peter Kerekes spent five years filming in a Ukrainian women’s prison and has crafted an austere and profound drama where the voices of the women are integral to the story.
Continue readingGive Me Pity! (2022)
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The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour (2022)
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You always hope for a gem at a film festival – a film you know nothing about, that you have no particular hopes for but that transports you somewhere transcendent.
Continue readingChildren of the Mist (Những đứa trẻ trong sương) (2021)
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Documentaries don’t usually make me so angry I want to throw something at the screen. Vietnamese film maker Hà Lệ Diễm gives us unprecedented insight into Hmong culture and their tradition of bride kidnapping.
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