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Point of Change

Surfing may seem the most innocuous of pastimes, but there is a dark side to riding the waves…

By Antonia Georgiou
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Black Dog

After he’s released from prison for manslaughter, Lang (Eddie Peng) returns to his hometown, which lies on the…

By Andrew Murray
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Paradise Is Burning

Growing up in a working-class corner of Sweden, three sisters, Laura (Bianca Delbravo), Steffi (Safira Mossberg) and Mira…

By Guy Lambert
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The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo is one of French literature’s great stories, and one adapted for the screen…

By Mark Worgan
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Cadejo Blanco

When Sarita’s (Karen Martínez) sister doesn’t come home after a night out in writer-director Justin Lerner’s Cadejo Blanco,…

By Andrew Murray
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The Mountain Within Me

For ten years, Ed Jackson was living the dream as a professional rugby player. But at the peak…

By Antonia Georgiou
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Blink Twice

Because her manicure enterprise “Anailmals” (nail art featuring animal designs) hasn’t taken off, Frida (Naomi Ackie) and her…

By Selina Sondermann
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The Goldman Case

It is perhaps a haphazard comparison, but Cédric Khan’s true courtroom drama, The Goldman Case, has faint, heterogeneous…

By Matthew McMillan
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Kneecap

An indigenous language dies once every 40 days, and with it goes a sense of identity and element…

By Guy Lambert
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Between the Temples

Funny, awkward and unpredictable, Between the Temples is an eccentric look into age-gap relationships and navigating life after…

By Mae Trumata