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SOUTH AMERICA: FILM REVIEW: CITY OF GOD (2002, BRAZIL/ FRANCE)
Dir: Fernando Mereillas By Joel Windle Based between the late 1960s and early 1980s, City of God is a culturally engaging insight into the ʻslum-worldʼ of Brazil as it embodies the stark reality of...
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U.S: FILM REVIEW: COMPLIANCE (2012,USA)
Dir: Craig Zobel By: Samantha Ward Compliance will make you question humanity, logic and reasoning. This intense shocker of a film is set on a busy day at an American fast food restaurant,...
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ASIA: FILM REVIEW: A BITTERSWEET LIFE (2005, SOUTH KOREA)
Dir: Kim Jee-Woon By: Natasha Monk Kim Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun) plays a devoted enforcer for a high-ranking mob. When Kim’s morality clashes with his emotions, his employer Kang (Kim Yeong-cheol)...
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CENTRAL EUROPE: FILM REVIEW: THE VOICES (2014, SWEDEN/US)
Dir: Marjane Satrapi By: Will Donelson (Sundance Film Festival London 2014) The Voices is the latest from director Marjane Satrapi, who made a name for herself with the critically-acclaimed Persepolis...
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ASIA: FILM REVIEW: SALUTE! SUN YAT-SEN (2014, TAIWAN)
by David Pountain Directed by Yee Chih-yen The first feature-length release from director Yee Chih-yen since 2002’s acclaimed Blue Gate Crossing, the award-winning Salute! Sun Yat-Sen is proof that a...
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INTERVIEW: HANS HERBOTS ON THE TREATMENT
By David Pountain With its relentlessly bleak visual palette and intensely troubling subject matter (namely murder and child molestation), it’s safe to say that upcoming Belgian crime drama The...
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