Cinema can be the raison d’être for many of us, but this illuminating Sudanese documentary shows us that it can also be a marker of a lifetime of despair.
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Talking About Trees (2019)
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Tag / 2019
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Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily, The (2019)
You wouldn’t expect that a French animation about walking-and-talking bears could possess both depth and intelligence, plus it’s so fun to watch.
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Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Ken Loach’s take on the perils and false hopes of the gig economy is at once heartbreaking and angry.
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Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, A (2019)
An affirmation of values of love and compassion, this sentimental film banks on Tom Hanks’ genial performance as the famous Fred Rogers.
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Bait (2019)
There’s something anachronistic about its visual style, but Mark Jenkin’s modern 16mm experiment about social tensions in an English fishing village largely impresses with its extraordinary use of nearly all manner of montage.
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Hail Satan? (2019)
Provocative in an important way, this cautionary if hilariously satirical documentary emphasises the need to be open to understanding minority groups in pluralistic, secular countries.
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Atlantics (2019)
It does feel overreaching at times, but Mati Diop’s French-Senegalese first feature is a beguiling take on how tragedy can haunt the present.
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