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All That Breathes
After a successful world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Festival, Shaunak Sen’s documentary on two brothers who tend injured Black Kites in New Delhi went on to pick up major awards at Cannes and the London Film Festival, and was nominated for both the Oscars and BAFTAs. Focusing on a particular ecological crisis in the…
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Holy Spider
Zar Amir Ebrahimi won Best Actress at Cannes for her role as an investigative journalist going undercover to track down a killer.
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Blue Jean
A closeted PE teacher in 1980s Britain struggles to keep her sexuality hidden after the arrival of a new student.
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Seaside Special
Funny, entertaining doc exploring British cultural identity: a Norfolk coastal resort prepares for the 2019 summer season and the UK’s last original end-of-the-pier variety show.
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Rififi
Enormously influential French crime classic: Jules Dassin depicts the perfect heist in more ways than one, telling his story so effectively that he provided the template for the entire heist movie genre. Best Director Award, Cannes.
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Joyland
Touching, bittersweet Pakistani family drama. Different members of an extended family in Lahore struggle with the restrictions imposed on their lives by strict cultural norms.
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The Innocent
Fun French screwball caper. Writer-director Louis Garrel also stars as young Lyons widower Abel, who becomes suspicious of his mother’s new husband, ex-con Michel.