Deauville Festival of American Cinema

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  My Friend Dahmer

  Review preview for My Friend Dahmer

  This is a sudden and astonishing arrival for an adult actor.

  Before Jeffrey Dahmer became one of the most notorious serial killers of all time, he was a teenage loner.
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  Sweet Virginia

  Review preview for Sweet Virginia

  Sweet Virginia is a simple story told very, very well.

  A burglary-homicide rattles the residents of a small Alaska town.
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  The Bachelors

  Review preview for The Bachelors

  This is a tale told with unusual sensitivity and skill.

  A widowed father and his son meet two women who slowly begin to transform their lives.
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  Becoming Cary Grant

  Review preview for Becoming Cary Grant

  An accomplished portrait that presents something much more human than we're used to in this context.

  The star's own words are used to tell his life story.
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  The Reagan Show

  Review preview for The Reagan Show

  It's more an assortment of clips showing Reagan doing what Reagan did best, which was to project a sort of all-pervasive bonhomie through the camera lens.

  A documentary constructed entirely from clips of archive footage, exploring Ronald Reagan's media persona.
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  The Glass Castle

  Review preview for The Glass Castle

  What makes this better than a smack in the face with a wet cliche is Woody Harrelson's performance

  A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with an artist mother and an alcoholic father.
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  The Rider

  Review preview for The Rider

  The craft, the knowledge, the deep communication with the animal, shown without words - this is breathtaking, transcendent cinema.

  A young cowboy tries to carve out a new identity.
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  Mother!

  Review preview for Mother!

  In the realm of the insane reason has no place. Anything is possible. Even the impossible

  Uninvited guests threaten a couple's relationship.
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  The Emoji Movie

  Review preview for The Emoji Movie

  The brave new world of electronic dictatorship is not ready for this. There are no maps.

  Emojis live in a parallel universe inside a teenager's smart phone hoping to help out with his romantic messaging before marauding bots erase them
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  47 Meters Down

  Review preview for 47 Meters Down

  "I'm so scared we're going to die down here."

  Two sisters trapped in a shark cage and running out of oxygen have to fight to survive.

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Features

• Saddling back up
  Chloé Zhao and Brady Jandreau on autism, training horses and The Rider
• World of difference
  Writer/producer Alex Lipschultz on the challenges of making Menashe
• Horse sense
  Chloé Zhao and Brady Jandreau on The Rider
• Antonio’s shades of grey
  Banderas on maturing, Almodovar and helping new actors
• Director always in the firing line
  Terry George on genocide backlash, Ireland and Brexit
• Clive Davis - lawyer touched by stardust
  Master behind Whitney, Manilow and Aretha talks with Chris Perkel about documentary of his life.
• Goldblum reigns as blockbuster king
  Jurassic and Thor star on humility, family and jazz
• 'I just don’t know about fame. I have never figured it out'
  Good Time star Robert Pattinson on being a lone wolf - and stardom as a side dish
• 'Being on the set of Star Wars is very like being on a set with David Lynch'
  Laura Dern on Twin Peaks, The Last Jedi and pay equality
• Casey Affleck liberated by ghosts
  Star talks Oscars, Rooney Mara and hiding under a sheet
• Pattinson has a Good Time changing image
  'Invisible' Twilight star goes for grunge in Cannes.
• 'Film is the best way to deliver a powerful message'
  Gore on his fight to save planet.

News

• The Rider trots off with top award at Deauville
  Menashe and A Ghost Story among winners
• Hazanavicius’s amour for American cinema
  The Artist director heads up Deauville jury
• Harrelson and Pattinson head for Deauville
  Organisers announce Competition celebration of US film