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Two women in period costume, wearing large hats and dark, long coats, standing in an outdoor courtyard with old buildings in the background.
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Love & Friendship – first look review

by David Jenkins

Whit Stillman returns – and on absolute peak form – with this drastically delightful Jane Austen adaptation.
Two ladies in Victorian attire with parasols, standing in a green park setting.
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Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival

by Little White Lies

The director’s new film about the life of Emily Dickinson will receive a Special Gala screening.
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How Tunisia is using cinema to combat terrorism

by Grace Banks

The Carthage Film Festival once again proved that radical liberalism is alive and well in North Africa.
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Hail, Caesar! to open the 66th Berlin Film Festival

by Little White Lies

Joel and Ethan Coen’s will have its world première at the Berlinale on 11 February.
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Five films to see at the Argentine Film Festival 2015

by Little White Lies

A feel-good football comedy and a Patagonian road movie are among the highlights of this year’s programme.
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Stonewall – first look review

by David Jenkins

Director Roland Emmerich offers a laughably tin-eared take on ​’60s gay counterculture.
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Evolution – first look review

by David Jenkins

Lucile Hadžihalilović makes a triumphant return with this experimental surgical horror (with added starfish).
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Afternoon – first look review

by David Jenkins

Tsai Ming-Liang and his collaborator/​muse Lee Kang-Sheng have a long, deep conversation about their relationship.
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In Jackson Heights – first look review

by David Jenkins

Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s ode to cultural diversity is a bustling profile of New York.
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Office – first look review

by David Jenkins

This cubist corporate musical set during the financial crash of 2008 oozes with boldness and creativity.