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Canibal
Not much blood in Cannibal. However, the upstanding tailor doesn’t like his dinner overcooked either. Meeting shy Nina creates a crisis of consciencePublished on: -
Mr X
After his first two succesful films, the reputation of Leos Carax shifted from prodidgy to problem child. Shrouding his own persona in mystery only maPublished on: -
Gare du Nord
The enormous railway station in Paris is full of people who will not leave again. They arrive from all over the world, but can’t go…Published on: -
Les Misérables
Ladj Ly’s scintillating debut about the Parisian banlieue he grew up in. Things kick off on a provincial cop’s first day.Published on: -
Mosquito
Mozambique, 1917. Teenage soldier Zacarias travels alone through this Portuguese colony, dizzy with malaria. A film like a feverish dream.Published on: -
Gli immacolati
Reality as a dark fairy tale; reconstruction of a place of guilt. A Roma camp is razed to the ground following an excuse given by…Published on: -
Eastern Boys
Scriptwriter/editor for Laurent Cantet (L’emploi du temps, Entre les murs) directs overwhelming second film. Wealthy man in his 50s approaches a youngPublished on: -
‘Til Madness Do Us Part
China’s most famous documentary maker spent months in a municipal asylum, where patients are sometimes incarcerated for decades. This four-hour documePublished on: -
Proxima
Sarah is a French astronaut training for a one-year mission in space. She has to accept being separated from her young daughter to achieve her…Published on: -
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
A young widow who lives with her teenage son fills her empty life with an endless checklist of chores. Until something snaps.Published on: