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Festivals

Afternoons of Solitude – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Albert Serra’s extra­or­di­nary, intense por­trait of tore­ador Andrés Roca Rey is one of the Span­ish director’s finest works to date.
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Review

Pacifiction

by David Jenkins

The Poly­ne­sian island of Tahi­ti rep­re­sents a trop­i­cal pur­ga­to­ry for the French colonists in Albert Serra’s apoc­a­lyp­tic polit­i­cal thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Albert Serra: ‘What am I trying to say, I don’t know. I just create images’

by Caitlin Quinlan

The loqua­cious Span­ish mae­stro picks apart the process of his break­through fea­ture of polit­i­cal malaise in the South Seas, Pacifiction.
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Incoming

Albert Serra wishes you were here in the tropical trailer for Pacifiction

by Charles Bramesco

French Tahi­ti becomes a pic­turesque pur­ga­to­ry for a colo­nial­ist offi­cial in Ser­ra’s panoram­ic latest.
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Festivals

Pacifiction – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Albert Ser­ra returns with an apoc­a­lyp­tic saga set in Tahi­ti in one of his most accom­plished and mature films to date.
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Review

Liberté

by David Jenkins

A group of exiled lib­ertines engage in a moon­lit orgy in direc­tor Albert Serra’s puck­ish his­tor­i­cal romp.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Death of Louis XIV

by David Jenkins

The great Jean-Pierre Leaud is at his comi-trag­ic best in this human­ist por­trait of a dying monarch.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect