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Careless Crime (2020)

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Time doesn't just shift in Shahram Mokri's Iranian drama about a fire at a cinema that killed 478, it also folds like origami and pirouettes, the past and present so close as they dance they can feel each other's breath.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5

On a very ordinary day, four ordinary people decide to set fire to a cinema packed with people.
Fish And Cat (2013)

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Awe inspiring.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5

A menacing pair descend on a campsite where a group of college kids have gathered for a kite-flying festival.
Gaze (2017)

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Everything rests on Ansari - in gesture and step, in glance, in gaze.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5

A woman witnesses an incident on the bus.
The Life Ahead (2020)

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Gueye is quite a find.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5

In a seaside town, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
Timo's Winter (2020)

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Christian Petaroscia, is an extraordinary talent.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5

Timo, the youngest of a Greek community of Funfair workers, will have to face the hardest winter together with his loved ones.
The Wastetown (2022)

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The tension is built upon a looping repetition, from the graceful repeated camera moves from Masud Amini Tirani and Bahrami's plotting to Foad Gharemani’s baleful score.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5

Bemani has spent ten years in jail for killing her husband. Her child was taken away in prison and allegedly given to her husband’s family. Temporarily released, she immediately starts looking for her son.