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The Night Review: A low-budget chiller starring Shahab Hosseini

Kourosh Ahari’s The Night, a rare American-Iranian co-production, is a disappointedly cliched horror offering.
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Ep. 76: Abderrahmane Sissako’s Bamako & Timbuktu

On this episode we look at two of Malian director Abderrahmane Sissako’s films, the newly restored Bamako, and one of our favourite films of the 2010s, Timbuktu. We also discuss locating African cinema and challenges in distribution and preservation.
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The thirty films we’re most looking forward to in 2021

Our editors pick their thirty most anticipated films of 2021, from Respect to Mothering Sunday to Benediction.
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Claire Oakley on her genre bending coming-of-ager Make Up

First time filmmaker Claire Oakley discusses the dream that inspired her stylised, genre bending coming-of-age film, Make Up.
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FYC: Matt Dillon’s and Lars Eidinger’s complex portraits of men in Proxima

In Proxima, Matt Dillon and Lars Eidinger play the rare male characters who are flawed, privileged, and yet still empathetic.
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The best 2021 films we’ve already seen

In this 2021 preview, our editors pick the 30 best films that are going to be released in 2020 that they’ve already seen.
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