Category: International
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In this long-spanning retelling of the legendary Charles Aznavour, excellent direction and performances are nearly drowned out by an exorbitant length and the film’s own ambition. Coming from a poor Armenian immigrant family in France, Charles Aznavour knew that he wanted to be onstage since he was a child. After a struggling career singing cabaret…
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A hustling food delivery man navigates a Kafkaesque system of immigration in this gripping story, with a standout performance from lead Abou Sangaré. Souleyman is a man whom you wouldn’t think twice about when you pick up a takeaway order from him. A delivery driver who originally hails from Guinea, Souleyman is trying desperately to…
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One day in 1905, a group of soldiers on the Russian naval battleship Potemkin complain about the quality of rations they are given on the ship, only to be violently suppressed by the higher-ups. As a result, a mutiny erupts, leading to the death of Vakulinchuk, a passionate supporter of the revolution in Russia. When…
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The White Ribbon stuck with me far longer than I thought it was going to. While Michael Haneke’s Funny Games (1997) was effective in making the audience feel like an active participant in the sadistic murder of a family, The White Ribbon was spine-chilling in how it made me akin to a willfully ignorant bystander.…
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