A painterly and potent animation that tackles the terrible oppression faced by women in Taliban-occupied Kabul in the late 1990s.
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Swallows of Kabul, The (2019)
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Tag / France
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Venus in Fur (2013)
A mundane affair with two actors, or a strong exercise in building sexual tension? Maybe both.
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Ghost Writer, The (2010)
One of Polanski’s finest post-2000s efforts – this is a first-rate old-school mystery-thriller that sees the master filmmaker at the top of his game.
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Synonyms (2019)
At times frustrating to watch, this unorthodox work about national identity will impress and alienate in equal measure.
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Truth, The (2019)
Despite its seemingly modest if meta-cinematic setup, Kore-eda’s first film made in the West with big stars reveals layers of subtlety and emotions that creep up genteelly to the surface.
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Les Miserables (2019)
One of the 2019’s most powerful films, this confident feature debut by Ladj Ly serves a potent wallop of social injustices and street-level rage.
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Things to Come (2016)
Backed by an effective if nuanced performance by the great Isabelle Huppert, this drama says quite a fair bit about how contemplation and self-reflection might help us to accept the curveballs that life throws at us.
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Goodbye First Love (2011)
Varda by Agnes (2019)
Continue reading →Varda leaves us with a final masterclass to savour, lovingly made in the documentary form that she so adored.
Creatures, The (1966)
Continue reading →Varda’s work here is under-appreciated—a layered and surreal collision of imaginary and abstract ideas about a writer’s creative process, and one might even say a tonal antecedent to the modern pictures of Yorgos Lanthimos.
Eternality Tan 