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  • Frontier(s) (2007)
    Review preview for Frontier(s)

    Ridiculous lines and arrogant, heartless protagonists leave you feeling you have seen this type of film many times before.

    Darren Amner · 2 out of 5
    Thieves on the run fall prey to vicious neo-Nazis. Plus read our .
  • Of Gods And Men (2010)
    Review preview for Of Gods And Men

    Beautiful imagery and subtle acting sustain it well, but still the pace will be too slow for many.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Based on a true incident, the film is set in a Cistercian monastery in North Africa in the 1990s, where eight French monks live in cordial harmony with the local population... and what happens when violence encroaches.
  • A Prophet (2009)
    Review preview for A Prophet

    An unlikely, but highly effective, marriage of arthouse and mainstream sensibilities.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own.

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