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The Order review – sadly prescient true life ’80s cop thriller

by Rafa Sales Ross

It’s cops versus Nazis in this old school policier from Justin Kurzel, powered by ace lead performances from Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Greek Cinema Now: A Postcard from the Thessaloniki Film Festival

by Rafa Sales Ross

While the likes of Yorgos Lanthimos and Athina Rachel Tsangari have gone travelling the world, what’s going down on the Greek home front?
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Emmanuelle – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Audrey Diwan’s take on the infamous erotic French novel is a chilly, bemusing affair that lacks for a sense of real purpose.
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April – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s stark Georgian drama follows an obstetrician who moonlights as an abortionist, as she is accused of interfering with her patients.
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Love – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Dag Johan Haugerud’s exploration of human desire is a sadly all too sterile affair.
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The Quiet Son – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Vincent Lindon stars as a widower trying to steer his young song away from the far right in the Coulin Sisters’ frustrating drama.
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I’m Still Here – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Walter Salles returns to narrative filmmaking with a sensitive depiction of the forced disappearance of former congressman Rubens Paiva, and the devastation his family faced.
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The Order – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Justin Kurzel heads to America for his latest ripped-from-the-headlines drama, about the white supremacist group founded in the Pacific Northwest by Robert Jay Mathews and responsible for numerous terrorist acts throughout the 1980s.
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Disclaimer – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Alfonso Cuarón’s limited series starring Cate Blanchett as a famous documentarian with a dark secret is a surprising showcase for Kevin Kline.
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Motel Destino – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

A young enforcer for a Brazilian gangster finds himself hiding out at a sleazy sex hotel in Karim Aïnouz’s neo-noir.

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