QIU SHENG: SUBURBAN BIRDS/郊区的鸟/JIAO QU DE NIAO (2018)
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STILL FROM SUBURBAN BIRDS; THEY WEAR RED COMMUNIST CHILDREN'S LEAGUE BANDANAS AT ALL TIMES
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QIU SHENG: SUBURBAN BIRDS/郊区的鸟/JIAO QU DE NIAO (2018)
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STILL FROM SUBURBAN BIRDS; THEY WEAR RED COMMUNIST CHILDREN'S LEAGUE BANDANAS AT ALL TIMES
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LUKE LORENTZEN: MIDNIGHT FAMILY (2019)
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FERNANDO, JOSOÉ AND JUAN ALEXIS OCHOA IN MIDNIGHT FAMILY
Breaking the rules to help people in Mexico City
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ANDRÉ NOVIAS OLIVEIRA: LONG WAY HOME/TEMPORADA (2018)
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SCENE FROM LONG WAY HOME/TEMPORADA ("A SEASON")
A woman of no means making her way alone
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OGNJEN GLAVONIĆ: THE LOAD/TERET (2018)
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LEON LUČEV IN THE LOAD/TERET
A Serbian trucker's grim ride: a stoical look at an ambiguous journey
This...
SUDABEH MORTAZAI: JOY (2018)
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A staggering work of compassionate realism, Sudabeh Mortezai’s second fiction feature follows a young Nigerian sex worker...
TAMARA KOTEVSK, LJUBOMIR STEFANOV: HONEYLAND/ Медена Земја (2018)
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HATIDZE MURATOVA IN HONEYLAND
No matter how remote, your environment is in danger
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ANDREA BUSSMANN: FAUSTO (2018)
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A MAP OF CONSTELLATIONS WITH GALACTIC POSSIBILITIES?
A world of possibilities in storytelling and musing
The...
MARKUS SCHLEINZER: ANGELO (2018)
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ANGE SAMUEL KOFFI D'AUILA AND ALBA ROHRWACHER IN ANGELO
Even when treated royally, an 18th-century slave remains...
BURAK ÇEVIK: BELONGING/AIDIYET (2019)
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EYlÜL SU SAPAN IN BELONGING
Romance and murder: a Turkish conceptual noir
In this second feature by...
PHILIPPE LESAGE: GENESIS/GENÈSE (2018)
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THÉODORE PÉLLERIN,, NOÉE ABITA IN GENESIS/GENÈSE
Love problems of a Québecis generation
Following up on...
CHINONYE CHUKWU: CLEMENCY (2019)
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ALFRE WOODARD IN CLEMENCY
A blunt instrument of a film that's a powerful indictment of capital punishment and death...
LUCIO CASTRO: END OF THE CENTURY/FIN DE SIGLO (2019)
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RAMON PUJOL AND JUAN BARBERINI IN END OF THE CENTURY
Multiple hookups; perhaps a long term...
PHUTTIPHONG AROONPHENG: MANTA RAY/KRABEN RAHU (2018)
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WANLOP RUNGKUMJAD (RIGHT) IN MANTA RAY
Rescue
Cinematographer Phuttiphong Aroonpheng's...
ALEJANDRO LANDES: MONOS (2018)
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MOISÉS ARIAS (LEFT) IN MONOS
Teen guerrillas run amok
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw raved, understandably, about...
SOFIA BOHDANOWICZ, DERAGH CAMPBELL: MS SLAVIC 7 (2019)
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DARAGH CAMPBELL IN MS SLAVIC 7
A young woman seeking a literary grandmother's legacy
In MS...
SHENGZE ZHU: PRESENT. PERFECT. (2019)
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YOUNG WOMAN LIVE-STREAMING IN A MEN'S UNDERWEAR FACTORY
A film about the phenomenon of "live-streaming" in China...
MARK JENKIN: BAIT (2019)
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EDWARD ROWE AND ISAAC WOODVINE IN BAIT
An antiqued-format film of Cornish fishermen bucking local gentrification
Tourists...
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