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  • Argentina, 1985 (2022)
    Review preview for Argentina, 1985

    Darín excels in this complicated role, revealing his character layer by layer, almost in passing, as the story of the atrocities unfolds.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A team of lawyers take on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
  • The Aura (2005)
    Review preview for The Aura

    Tense and twisty, this is what thrillers should be about.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    An epileptic taxidermist finds himself caught up in a heist.
  • Carancho (2010)
    Review preview for Carancho

    There is a full-throttle, head-long feel to Trapero's film that sends it careering along.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    An ambulance-chasing lawyer forms a relationship with a young doctor.
  • Chinese Take-Away (2011)
    Review preview for Chinese Take-Away

    Darín is superb in the leading role, sympathetic even at his most misanthropic.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A grumpy shopkeeper lends a helping hand to a young Chinese man who cannot speak his language, and his life changes forever.
  • Everybody Knows (2018)
    Review preview for Everybody Knows

    While Farhadi certainly knows how to spin a web of intrigue, deceit and suspicion, the narrative has a tendency to leap from strand to strand, often leaving the audience stumbling in its wake.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Secrets resurface after a woman returns to her family's village for a wedding.
  • Kamchatka (2002)
    Review preview for Kamchatka

    Pineyro uses careful signposting and symbolism as part of a greater statement of this turbulent time in Argentina's history.

    Trinity · 4 out of 5
    A family tries to evade capture following the military coup in Argentina.
  • Nine Queens (2000)
    Review preview for Nine Queens

    The film is like a Chinese box. There are secrets within secrets within secrets.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Two small-time con artists in Buenos Aires attempt a high level rare stamps fraud.
  • The Secret In Their Eyes (2009)
    Review preview for The Secret In Their Eyes

    This is a strong story, encompassing romance, thriller aspects, comedy and even political intrigue, zipping back and forward in time but always carrying you with it to a conclusion that is thoroughly satisfying on all counts.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A man looks back at a crime that happened a quarter of a century previously.
  • Son Of The Bride (2001)
    Review preview for Son Of The Bride

    This movie is to be cherished.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Fortysomething businessman discovers the value of family over success.
  • The Signal (2007)
    Review preview for The Signal

    The impressive framing and gorgeous washed-out look does not extend to the script of what is, ultimately, a rather pedestrian film noir.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Film noir sees a down-at-heel gumshoe get mixed up an with Argentinian mafioso's moll.
  • Truman (2015)
    Review preview for Truman

    Gay challenges the usual cliches of disease films.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A terminally ill man spends four days with an old friend.
  • White Elephant (2012)
    Review preview for White Elephant

    An immersive dive into an offbeat and murky corner of modern Argentine life.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    The story of the friendship between two priests who settle in a Buenos Aires slum area to carry out their ministry and social work.
  • Wild Tales (2014)
    Review preview for Wild Tales

    Ferociously funny.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Vulnerable before a reality that can suddenly be modified and become unpredictable, the characters of Wild Tales cross the thin line that divides civilization from brutality.
  • XXY (2007)
    Review preview for XXY

    Darin... again proves that he can break your heart with a look, conveying unspoken emotion with a glance that taps you into his pain.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Coming of age drama about an intersex teen.

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