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The Forbidden Room (2015)

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What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5

A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
Free Men (2011)

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Rahim shows here that A Prophet was no fluke.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5

In 1940s Paris, a young Algerian is blackmailed by the police into spying on a mosque and finds his life changing forever.
The Love (2022)

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The agony of strained relationships is tempered here by beautifully observed comedy.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5

Moroccan-Dutch Karim returns to his family home and opens up to his parents about being attracted to men.
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

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What is so disarming about Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive is a scarce sense of appreciation - of the vampire couple for each other and the appreciation by both of them for what is great in the world.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5

A vampire couple contemplate a changing world.
A Prophet (2009)

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An unlikely, but highly effective, marriage of arthouse and mainstream sensibilities.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5

An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own.
Wolf (2013)

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It's a great credit to actor Marwan Kenzari that he is able to keep the audience rooting for him.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5

A troubled young man is torn between a potential career as a kickboxer and a life of petty crime.