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  • Another Day Of Life (2018)
    Review preview for Another Day Of Life

    Measured but naturally emotional recollections dovetail with the more impressionistic animated segments to scrutinise the psyche of war.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    True story of a reporter who took a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the civil war in Angola in the 70s.
  • Corpus Christi (2019)
    Review preview for Corpus Christi

    There are themes around punishment and forgiveness running throughout this film but they're rarely simple.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Daniel who experiences a spiritual transformation in a Youth Detention Centre. The crime he commits prevents him from applying to the seminary... but Daniel has no intention of giving up his dream.
  • I Never Cry (2020)
    Review preview for I Never Cry

    The personal is prominent, with Domalewski leaving the viewer to draw their own picture of the broader socio-economic failings of all this.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman travels to Ireland to repatriate her father's body after he dies in a workplace accident.
  • Leave No Traces (2021)
    Review preview for Leave No Traces

    If Matuszyński’s film tends towards soap opera in places and could definitely do with a trim here and there, its long running time does allow the grind of what happens to play out in ways that emphasise the sheer slog of it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Poland, 1983. The country is shaken by the case of Grzegorz Przemyk - a high school student beaten to death by militia. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Jurek - the only witness of the beating, who overnight became the number one enemy of the state.
  • Silent Night (2017)
    Review preview for Silent Night

    The director shows strong control of the film's mood, generating tension from something as simple as a bottle of vodka.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A man's Christmas visit to his family proves to be turbulent.

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