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Review

The Beasts

by Anton Bitel

Neigh­bourly hos­til­i­ty abounds in Span­ish direc­tor Rodri­go Soro­goyen’s lat­est psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller, set in the Gali­cian countryside.

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Review

Peter Von Kant

by Juan Barquin

François Ozon fan­boys over Fass­binder (again!) with this reimag­in­ing of 1972’s The Bit­ter Tears of Petra Von Kant.

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Review

The Mauritanian

by David Jenkins

Kevin Macdonald’s based-on-a-true-sto­ry Guan­tanamo Bay dra­ma too often los­es its dra­mat­ic footing.

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By the Grace of God

by Phil Concannon

François Ozon serves up his answer to Spot­light in this sober­ing study of sex­u­al abuse in the Catholic church.

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Custody

by David Jenkins

A young boy becomes the vic­tim of a bro­ken mar­riage in Xavier Legrand’s accom­plished debut.

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