Hunting the truth
The Eagle Huntress Directed by Otto Bell 87 minutes, rated G 2.5 stars
There’s a beautiful sequence in this visually impressive film where a famed Mongolian eagle hunter named Agalai …
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6 years ago
The Classics: The Fog of War (2003)
The Fog of War (2003) Directed by Errol Morris 103 minutes, rated PG
‘Hear me more plainly. I have in equal balance justly weighed What wrongs our arms may do, …
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Francofonia
Written and directed by Aleksandr Sokurov
85 minutes, rated M
4 stars
After the grand spectacle that was Russian Ark (2003) – that heady waltz through …
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6 years ago
Life, Animated
Directed by Roger Ross Williams
Written by Ron Suskind, based on his book
92 minutes, rated PG
Truth is indeed stranger and sometimes more beautiful than …
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The Queen of Ireland
Directed by Conor Horgan Written by Phillip McMahon and Conor Horgan 82 minutes, rated PG
Of all the profound changes in Ireland in the last 20 years – …
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Recent Reviews
Bad people doing bad things
Detour
Written and directed by Christopher Smith
97 minutes, rated MA 15+
3 stars
There’s no such thing as originality, but that doesn’t mean you stop aiming for it. Detour …
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An elegy for Emily D.
A Quiet Passion
Written and directed by Terence Davies
125 minutes, rated PG
4 stars
When one artist makes a film about another artist, you can be reasonably sure that …
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Kartoonish Korean ultra-violence
The Villainess
Directed by Jung Byung-gil
Written by Jung Byeong-sik and Jung Byung-gil
122 minutes, rated R
3.5 stars
The Villainess is a high-octane Korean thriller about a young woman …
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Fascinating half-true story
Monsieur Chocolat
Directed by Roschdy Zem
Written by Cyril Gely, Olivier Gorce, Gerard Noiriel and Roschdy Zem
114 minutes, rated M
4 stars
This is the fascinating true story of …
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Black and white and red
Get Out
Written and directed by Jordan Peele
104 minutes, rated MA 15+
4 stars
A guide to African–American horror films would be a slim volume. There are black people …
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Fine and brave
Don’t Tell
Directed by Tori Garrett
Written by Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville, based on a book by Stephen Roche
108 minutes, rated M
4 stars
Child abuse. …
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Gurinder’s personal Partition
Viceroy’s House
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini and Gurinder Chadha
106 minutes, rated PG
3 stars
Where to begin with this fascinating, infuriating, entertaining …
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Pablo Neruda as fantasy
Neruda
Directed by Pablo Larrain
Written by Guillermo Calderon
Rated MA 15+, 108 minutes
4 stars
A chubby man with a comb-over (Luis Gnecco) sits bare-chested in front of a …
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