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  • The Cremator (1968)
    A family man, with a passion for prostitutes and cleanliness, sees the Nazi party as the salvation of the world.
  • The Interpreter (2018)
    Review preview for The Interpreter

    For the most part this is a lyrical and lightly handled odd couple road movie that achieves a subtle resonance, although it is almost scuppered by a sudden major tonal shift in the film's final act.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An 80-year-old translator, Ali Ungár, comes across a book written by a former SS officer recounting his war experiences in Slovakia and realises that one of the chapters may well describe his own parents’ execution.
  • The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street (2016)
    Review preview for The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street

    Its facts and its fictions come together so seamlessly that it’s almost impossible to separate the man from the myth.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A comedic reinvention of the director's own own quasi-autobiographical short stories.

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