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  • Caniba (2017)
    Review preview for Caniba

    The directors' intentions remain obscure; as always, one feels that by watching their work one is becoming a part of the experiment.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A film that reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalistic desire in human history and culture through the prism of one Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, and his unsettling relationship with his brother.
  • Leviathan (2012)
    Review preview for Leviathan

    An awe-inspiring experience.

    Robert Munro · 5 out of 5
    A documentary shot in the North Atlantic and focused on the commercial fishing industry.
  • Sweetgrass (2009)
    Review preview for Sweetgrass

    It plunges you right into a Midwest midwinter, where wind and snow scour a starkly beautiful landscape and a built-in woolly jumper is a prerequisite for survival.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A year in the life of a flock of sheep and the people who tend to them.

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