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Festivals

Rien a Perdre – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

Vir­ginie Efi­ra deliv­ers a typ­i­cal­ly com­mit­ted per­for­mance oppo­site young break­out star Félix Lefeb­vre in this debut fic­tion from Del­phine Deloget.
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Festivals

Close Your Eyes – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The long-await­ed return of Span­ish film­mak­er Vic­tor Erice is a slow-burn mar­vel which cli­max­es in a sequence of over­whelm­ing pro­fun­di­ty and mystery.
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Interviews

Paul Schrader: ‘My movies are more on the witty clever side than the drop-your-pants funny side’

by Mark Asch

The leg­endary film­mak­er and writer reflects on his curi­ous hor­ti­cul­tur­al dra­ma, Mas­ter Gar­den­er, and reveals which of his films he thinks is the funniest.
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Festivals

Banel & Adama – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

A young cou­ple’s romance threat­ens a drought-strick­en vil­lage in Rama­ta-Toulaye Sy’s stir­ring debut.
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Festivals

The Breaking Ice – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Three young adults nav­i­gate the intri­ca­cies of romance in a snowy city in North­ern Chi­na in Antho­ny Chen’s lat­est drama.
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Festivals

Four Daughters – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

The lat­est doc­u­men­tary from Tunisian direc­tor Kaouther Ben Hania cen­ters a quar­tet of young women whose lived are changed for­ev­er when two of them join ISIS.
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Festivals

Lost in the Night – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Mex­i­can provo­ca­teur Amat Escalante makes a half-cocked bid for main­stream respectabil­i­ty in this intrigu­ing tale of a young man’s tor­rid search for his miss­ing mother.
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Festivals

Youth (Spring) – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

The Chi­nese mas­ter of slow cin­e­ma cov­ers life in some of the coun­try’s 18,000 gar­ment fac­to­ries in this sprawl­ing but focused documentary.
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Review

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

by Weiting Liu

Kel­ly Fre­mon Craig’s take on Judy Bloom’s icon­ic pre­teen nov­el is a sweet tale of a young girl fig­ur­ing out reli­gion, boys and puberty.

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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Frances Ha understands the power of female friendship

by Ellie O'Brien

Gre­ta Ger­wig and Noah Baum­bach’s 2013 dram­e­dy is a per­fect encap­su­la­tion of the uncer­tain­ty of your twen­ties – and how friend­ship is its own kind of romance.