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  • Countdown To Zero (2010)
    Review preview for Countdown To Zero

    Lucy Walker's chilling documentary serves as a reminder that the threat of a nuclear bomb going off somewhere in the world to devastating effect has not diminished just because it has slipped from the public consciousness.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A history of the atomic bomb and the current nuclear arms race.
  • Children Of The Congo (2008)
    Review preview for Children Of The Congo

    A fascinating look at a society establishing its own identity in the face of international indifference.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An investigation into the lives of children emotionally scarred and left destitute by numerous disasters.
  • The Day I Found A Girl In The Trash (2021)
    Review preview for The Day I Found A Girl In The Trash

    The newest element of all this is the potentially interesting take on its totalitarian overtone, including everyone standing at a certain point for the national anthem, but the film takes the soft path every time.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    An activist who plans to protest automaton slavery with his own suicide finds a 'freed' automaton and tries to help save her.
  • The Divine Order (2017)
    Review preview for The Divine Order

    Leuenberger makes Nora's gradual awakening to gender issues feel like the sun coming out on a dreary day, brimful of unexpected warmth.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A small-town mum joins the suffrage movement in Switzerland.
  • Dekalog: The Ten Commandments - Parts 1 - 5 and Parts 6 - 10 (1989)
    Review preview for Dekalog: The Ten Commandments - Parts 1 - 5 and Parts 6 - 10

    Probably the finest example of filmmaking in the last three decades.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Ten films set in Warsaw, based on the 10 commandments.
  • Hope (2007)
    Review preview for Hope

    Suffers from a sort of willful obscurantism which, combined with its slow pace, means that it sometimes struggles to keep the viewer's attention.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A bold youth blackmails the important man who stole a painting from a church - but what is he really after?
  • It Looks Pretty From A Distance (2011)
    Review preview for It Looks Pretty From A Distance

    Grim and unremitting, it's hard to go the distance.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    When a scrap merchant vanishes from a small Polish town, it sets in motion an unexpected chain of events.
  • La Petite Prairie Aux Bouleaux (2002)
    Review preview for La Petite Prairie Aux Bouleaux

    A fine, well-made and thought-provoking film... Nonetheless, something seems lacking, preventing it from being as powerful and overwhelming a piece of cinema as you think it ought.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    Holocaust survivor returns to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
  • Rain (2000)
    Review preview for Rain

    Startlingly original.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    Coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of a family holiday.
  • The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
    Review preview for The Saragossa Manuscript

    A true masterpiece of modernism.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Labyrinthine set of stories-within-stories that take place during the Napoleonic Wars.
  • 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.
  • Sweat (2020)
    Review preview for Sweat

    High intensity workouts are matched by a high intensity acting performance by Magalena Kolesnik, who powers her way through this character study.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A social media influencer begins to question her life.
  • The War Of The Worlds: Next Century (1981)
    Review preview for The War Of The Worlds: Next Century

    Its message – especially its critique of media manipulation – remains relevant in today’s era of fake news.

    Tobiasz Dunin · 4 out of 5
    A well known journalist is hired to spread propaganda about an alien invasion but trouble brews when he goes off-message.

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