Overview of articles
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La nuit des rois
The power of storytelling underpins this stifling, inventive film from Côte d’Ivoire about life inside a gigantic prison.Published on: -
Mitra
A traumatised mother gets the opportunity to avenge her daughter’s execution in Iran. Is her victim really the perpetrator?Published on: -
Mandibules
Two easily-distracted layabouts find a Labrador-sized fly in this new film from master absurdist Dupieux.Published on: -
First Cow
Beautiful, thoughtful western focusing on friendship rather than strife. And on the diversity of the American frontier around 1820.Published on: -
Dear Comrades!
A workers’ strike is violently put down by Soviet troops in this current, urgent historical drama by master director Konchalovsky.Published on: -
Dead & Beautiful
After a weird night, five super-rich friends find out they are vampires. Panic! Is this really what they have become?Published on: -
Beginning
Jehovah’s Witness Yana refuses to be oppressed by her husband, church and the police. She commits the ultimate act of resistance against patriarPublished on: -
The World to Come
Two female pioneers meet in the inhospitable setting of the American frontier circa 1856. Is there a place for gentle romance in this ruthless world?Published on: -
El ventre del mar
A hellish shipwreck more than 200 years ago proves scarily contemporary in this artistic mix of theatre and film.Published on: -
An Unusual Summer
Homage to everyday Palestinian life in Israel, recorded by a security camera from the house where the filmmaker grew up.Published on: