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Our Brand Is Crisis

In Our Brand Is Crisis the protagonist is hired as a political strategist to assist the incumbent candidate…

By Matthew Pronchick
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Uzumasa Limelight

Director Ken Ochiai, known for his emotion-infused films, creates another sentimental work evoking from his audience a deep…

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Rams

Writer/director Grímur Hákonarson’s Rams is a film in which the setting in many ways dictates the tone. The…

By Stuart Boyland
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Bolshoi Babylon

Bolshoi Babylon starts with beauty. Images of ballet dancers fill the screen and through them strength, focus and…

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Ip Man 3

After the acclaim received by Ip Man and Ip Man 2, Wilson Yip’s Ip Man 3 doesn’t disappoint.…

By Jim Compton-Hall
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Innocence of Memories

The collaboration between noted British filmmaker Grant Gee (best known for the 1998 Radiohead rockumentary Meeting People Is…

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The Assassin

Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien has a reputation for the extravagant. The celebrated filmmaker was recently awarded the accolade…

By Andy Jones
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Breakdown

British director Jonnie Malachi’s gangster pastiche Breakdown is a vicious mongrel of a movie, frothing and snarling but…

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The Revenant

The Revenant, directed by Alejandro G Iñárritu, is being released one year after Iñárritu’s critically acclaimed Birdman, but the…

By Gioia Kennedy