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A Girl at My Door

by Emma Simmonds

Social justice underpins a gripping detective story in this highly impressive first work from South Korea’s July Jung.

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4
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Tangerines

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Estonia’s first Oscar-nominated feature gleefully exposes the inherent absurdity of war.

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5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Everest

by David Jenkins

This big, brassy ​’70s-style disaster movie wears its clichés lightly and packs a hefty emotional punch.

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3
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Two men wearing leather jackets and sitting outdoors in a desert-like setting, looking pensive.
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In Cold Blood (1967)

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Richard Brooks’ adaptation of Truman Capote’s seminal work is well worth revisiting.

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4
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Irrational Man

by David Ehrlich

Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone go back to school in this charmingly off-kilter comedy-thriller from Woody Allen.

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3
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Closed Curtain

by Bekzhan Sarsenbay

Jafar Panahi’s second film made under house arrest is a riveting meditation on censorship and defiance.

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4
In Retrospect
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The Second Mother

by Katherine McLaughlin

The inequalities of Brazilian are writ large in this delightful upstairs/​downstairs drama.

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American Ultra

by David Jenkins

This ultraviolent tale of smalltown puppy love stars Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg at their best.

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4
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

by Adam Woodward

The cinematic toast of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival is a whimsical comedy-drama about death and movies.

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3
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Aaaaaaaah!

by David Jenkins

Actor Steve Oram has decided to make a movie, and the results are spectacularly disturbing.

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