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Rue Mandar (SFJFF Review)
Following the death of their beloved family matriarch, two sisters (Sandrine Kiberlain and Emmanuelle Devos), their brother (Richard...
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The Cutoff Man (SFJFF Review)
Set in a sun-toasted Israel, first-timer Idan Hubel’s The Cutoff Man is a patiently reflective tale of an...
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The Hunt
No film released this year has left me more shattered during its end credits than Thomas Vinterberg’s The...
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Post Tenebras Lux
If you combined the provocative tenacity of Ulrich Seidl with the non-narrative structure and beautiful cinematography of Terrence...
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Paradise: Faith
Almost immediately after I saw Paradise: Love at the Chicago International Film Festival last year I knew it...
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Electrick Children
You might have seen movies about teenage pregnancy before, but you’ve never seen them done like this. In...
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No
Right around the time the world began to awe over household microwaves (something touched on in this film),...
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I’m So Excited
Returning to his absurdist comedy roots after taking years off, Pedro Almodóvar keeps it (mostly) playful with his...
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Like Father, Like Son (Cannes Review)
Hirokazu Koreeda’s Like Father, Like Son turned a lot of heads in theater at the Cannes Film Festival...
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Reality
Matteo Garrone’s new film Reality is sensationally exciting; constantly alive in a way that a lot of films...
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Modest Reception
Modest Reception is a foreign indie film by Mani Haghighi that is both a dark comedy and a...
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Timecrimes
It does not take long to notice that even the smallest of details in Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes are...
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Paradise: Love
Ulrich Seidl packs a punch full of irony in Paradise: Love where neither paradise nor love is anywhere...
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Import/Export
Ulrich Seidl has a knack for making his audience uncomfortable and Import/Export is certainly no different. If any...
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Kon-Tiki
The story of Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki expedition is one so extraordinary it’s hard to believe it...