If politics can be beguiling, then this documentary about Imelda Marcos entertainingly captures the ups and downs of The Philippines’ larger sociopolitical history with aplomb.
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Kingmaker, The (2019)
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Last Samurai, The (2003)
The best parts of this decent Hollywood-style samurai epic are the heart-to-heart conversations between Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe, backed by a lush, emotional score by Hans Zimmer.
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DAU. Natasha (2020)
Part of the massive if controversial ‘DAU’ project, this entry is backed by bold performances by its two actresses even if the film doesn’t quite achieve true power through provocation.
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Talvar (2015)
A polished if sometimes overly-dramatised ‘Rashomon’-style account of the infamous and haunting 2008 Noida double murder case that till today no one knows the truth to.
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First They Killed My Father (2017)
An excellent lead performance by a child aside, this is too postcard picture-perfect and poorly-paced a film about the torrid experiences of surviving the Khmer Rouge regime to be considered essential viewing.
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Love & Other Drugs (2010)
Despite the strength of the leading cast, this is an unexpectedly insipid movie by Edward Zwick.
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Alms for a Blind Horse (2011)
Shot in the Punjabi language, Gurvinder Singh’s Venice Orrizonti-selected first feature is both meandering and meditative at the same time, with fine attention to environmental detail.
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Defiance (2008)
A predictable historical war film about survival and the human spirit that mostly benefits from steady direction by Edward Zwick.
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Divines (2016)
Electrifying filmmaking at times, this Cannes Camera d’Or-winning feature debut depicts a rebellious minority female teen from a French suburb who is suffering from social disenfranchisement as she seeks to make a better life for herself.
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Antigone (1992)
Straub and Huillet take ancient Sophocles’ famous Greek tragedy, as interpreted by Brecht, and give it an austere ‘filmed theatre’ treatment that is minimalist, esoteric and occasionally forceful.
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