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  • Father Of My Children (2009)
    Review preview for Father Of My Children

    Hansen-Love prefers to make her points through gesture and nuance and the film is all the better for it.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    A French producer struggles to balance completing his roster of films with the demands of his young family.
  • Manderlay (2005)
    Review preview for Manderlay

    Be warned: this Great Dane backs up his satiric bark with a vicious bite.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Whether it is right to enforce democracy upon those who remain slaves.
  • Simon Killer (2011)
    Review preview for Simon Killer

    There’s no reassurance to be found in this cold world but Campos’s talent for getting mood whistling abominably through your ears is worthy of admiration.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 4 out of 5
    A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. Once there, he falls in love with a young prostitute and their fateful journey begins.
  • The Shiny Shrimps (2019)
    Review preview for The Shiny Shrimps

    What the film does well is to quickly set aside the simple conflict stemming from Matthias' prejudice and make room for other kinds of character development.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When a champion Olympic swimmer utters a homophobic slur on national television, he is forced to become the reluctant coach of the Shiny Shrimps, a flamboyant and outrageous water polo team in training for the Gay Games in Croatia.

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