Embrace of the Serpent
Directed by Ciro Guerra Written by Ciro Guerra and Jacques Toulemonde 124 minutes, rated M
It’s a while since anyone went up a big river with a camera and …
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Love & Friendship
Directed by Whit Stillman Written by Whit Stillman, based on a novel by Jane Austen Rated PG, 94 minutes
Jane Austen wrote Lady Susan when just a slip …
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Our Kind of Traitor
Directed by Susanna White Written by Hossein Amini, based on the book by John le Carre 108 minutes, rated MA 15+
With great achievement comes great expectation. …
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Maggie’s Plan
Directed by Rebecca Miller Written by Rebecca Miller, based on a story by Karen Rinaldi Rated M, 99 minutes
Building a movie on the old truism that men …
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The Wait
Directed by Piero Messina
Written by Giacomo Bendotti, Ilaria Macchia, Andrea Paolo Massara and Piero Messina, based on a play by Pirandello
Rated M, 99 minutes
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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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