James Marsh
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A family is torn apart by the horrors of autism only to be reunited by genuine movie magic in the Oscar-nominated documentary Life, Animated. Through interviews, home video footage and… Read More
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A horror writer revisits the site of a violent childhood experience in Incident in a Ghostland (known simply as Ghostland in some territories). Committed histrionics from the female leads only… Read More
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A transgressive, feminist reimagining of the rape-revenge thriller sees an ill-fated sex kitten transform into a butt-kicking angel of vengeance in Coralie Fargeat’s lurid, bloody, desert-set exploitation flick. (at 23:52) Read More
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Vivian Qu explores the #MeToo movement in contemporary China by following the troubled misadventures of two pairs of young girls, who fall prey to the unwanted sexual exploitation of men… Read More
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In 1968, British amateur yachtsman Donald Crowhurst aimed to become the first man to sail around the world single-handed when he entered the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. Lacking the… Read More
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Nick Cheung writes, directs and stars in this ambitious futuristic thriller about an undercover cop tasked with smoking out an elusive criminal mastermind. (at 12:20) Read More
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Diane Kruger won the Best Actress award at Cannes last year for her first German-language lead role, as a grieving wife and mother who takes vengeance into her own hands. Read More
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Arriving in the wake of Oscar-winning gay romance Call Me by Your Name , Love, Simon presents an even more mainstream take on adolescent homosexuality. A charming, witty and wholly… Read More
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In his previous film 100 Yen Love , Masaharu Take charted the unlikely transformation of a reclusive female slob (played by Sakura Ando) into a bona fide boxing contender with… Read More
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Wes Anderson’s return to stop-motion animation is every bit as quirky and whimsical as the rest of his oeuvre, but its tale of displaced pets on a remote Japanese island… Read More
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For years, China has been known as a source of affordable knock-offs of everything from designer labels to, as it turns out, even paintings from the Great Masters. In particular,… Read More
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The “found footage” gimmick has thrived in the horror genre, where the narrative is pieced together through recovered fragments of sound and image. But the emergence of FaceTime, Periscope and… Read More
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The life and career of Japanese composer and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto are explored in this new documentary from Stephen Nomura Schible. Best known for scoring – and starring in –… Read More
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In the aftermath of an alien invasion, a family struggles to survive against ferociously violent creatures who hunt purely using their sense of hearing. (at 18:13) Read More
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A child goes missing in the middle of a bitter divorce in this bleak, harrowing yet beautifully orchestrated take-down of contemporary Russian disillusionment. (at 9:50) Read More
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Dwayne Johnson must contend with a giant gorilla, flying wolf and monstrous alligator in this ridiculous, yet surprisingly entertaining, adaptation of the video game series. Read More
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Nick Park’s first animated feature since Curse of the Were-Rabbit transports us back to the dawn of the Bronze Age, where a tribe of endangered cavemen must battle for their… Read More
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A grieving literature professor is consumed by a supernatural mystery involving seven mythological muses in Jaume Balaguero’s gothic thriller. But the Spanish director, best known for the [Rec] horror series,… Read More
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