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  • The Passenger (1975)
    Review preview for The Passenger

    The Passenger is fascinating not only in its story and the way it treats its subjects, but in its editing and cinematography.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    A journalist hiding from the past takes on the identity of a dead man.
  • The Whistlers (2019)
    Review preview for The Whistlers

    The whistling language is fun - and, if anything, disappointingly underused - but it's the language of cinema that Porumboiu is really interested in.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Film noir sees a corrupt cop learn a whistling language to beat detection while trying to double-cross the mob.

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