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  • Adam's Apples (2005)
    A priest who believes in the essential goodness of everything struggles to deal with a neo-Nazi in his church.
  • Festen (1998)
    Review preview for Festen

    A delicious exercise in controlled, cathartic anarchy.

    Emma Slawinski · 4.5 out of 5
    Skeletons fall out of the closet at a family birthday party.
  • Families Like Ours (2024)
    Review preview for Families Like Ours

    There is a careful balance here between the big drama of the premise and the personal dramas experienced by the characters, most of whom pay no particular heed to the wider tragedy unfolding.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When it becomes impossible to keep repairing the sea barriers in low-lying Denmark, the country is evacuated and once affluent Danes become refugees, with families torn apart in the process.
  • Help! I'm A Fish (2001)
    Review preview for Help! I'm A Fish

    The concept is not without charm.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Children are turned into fish by mad professor.
  • Keep The Lights On (2012)
    Review preview for Keep The Lights On

    A gently paced but unsparing and unglamorous portrait of a gay relationship where love doesn't and perhaps never could conquer all.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    An autobiographically inspired story of a passionate long-term relationship between two men driven by addiction and secrets but bound by love and hopefulness.
  • Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)
    Review preview for Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever

    There’s not a great deal here that we haven’t seen before, but it’s well delivered.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young woman unwittingly sets off a gruesome chain of revenge.
  • Okay (2002)
    Review preview for Okay

    A rich, dark comedy which finds humour and truth in the reality of everyday relationships.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Danish black comedy about family relationships.
  • Open Hearts (2002)
    Review preview for Open Hearts

    Dogme's restrictions become strengths in the hands of a creative masterbuilder like Jensen.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A woman falls for the husband of the woman who hospitalised her fiance.
  • Silent Heart (2014)
    Review preview for Silent Heart

    The furniture of Bille August's latest drama is comfily familiar - what marks it out is the craftsmanship.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A family gather together to say goodbye to their matriarch who plans to take her own life.
  • Skeletons (2010)
    Review preview for Skeletons

    An intriguing, well-acted, quietly funny film that, though it is outright weird most of the time and certainly won't be to everyone's taste, has a quirky charm and emotional heart.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    Black comedy about a two-man emotional exterminator team.

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