Contributor Matt Turner

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Review

The Camera is Ours: Britain’s Women Documentary Makers

by Matt Turner

A fine and necessary portmanteau of British documentaries all made by lesser-known women filmmakers.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

The Novelist’s Film – first-look review

by Matt Turner

Hong Sang-soo interrogates the function of art in his seemingly self-reflective latest feature.
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Festivals

Everything Will Be OK – first-look review

by Matt Turner

Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh ponders a world where animals have enslaved the human race in his latest experimental feature.
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Review

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

by Matt Turner

A school teacher goes viral for all the wrong reasons in Romanian director Radu Jude’s salacious social satire.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

El Father Plays Himself

by Matt Turner

This rich meta-documentary follows a father and son on a deeply personal filmmaking journey into the Amazon jungle.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Fever

by Matt Turner

Brazilian filmmaker Maya Da-Rin’s allegorical mystery-thriller expertly melds tradition with modernity.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Gunda

by Matt Turner

Victor Kossakovsky’s documentary captures the daily rhythms of its porcine star’s life on the farm.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy – first-look review

by Matt Turner

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi returns with another female-oriented drama about the intricacies of everyday human dynamics.
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Festivals

Introduction – first-look review

by Matt Turner

A young man travels to Berlin in the latest lilting relationship drama from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo.
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Festivals

Explore life in the margins at the 18th Document Film Festival

by Matt Turner

This year’s virtual programme seeks to reframe our understanding of a world in constant flux.
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Review

Mayor

by Matt Turner

This striking portrait of the mayor or Ramallah digs into the details of governance, diplomacy and dignity.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Documentaries to discover at the BFI London Film Festival 2020

by Matt Turner

Eight non-fiction features that are well worth seeking out at this year’s LFF.

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