France

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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