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Cinema
Set in a small Syrian apartment as war rages outside, Insyriated strives to make a big impact but falls a little short of the mark
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The best films out in September include Bill Nighy's brilliant muder-mystery and Jennifer Lawrence's surreal horror
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Cinema
'Tom of Finland' drew joyous, taboo-busting gay cartoons, and this biopic tells his story
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Land of Mine has a terrible punning title, but a brilliant heart-stopping premise
Must See
The best films out in August include the new Kathryn Bigelow movie starring John Boyega, and a story of war to rival Dunkirk
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Cinema
Scribe certainly looks the part, and there are moments of ingenuity and tension, but it's a little too tidy for its own good
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Cinema
The Midwife is a pleasant French-language with a vivid performance from Catherine Deneuve
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Berlin Syndrome showcases director Cate Shortland's knack for detail, but it's not a patch on her previous film
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My Life as a Courgette is endlessly charming and beautifully constructed
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After the Storm is a tender slice-of-life story with no shortage of nuance
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April's Daughter starts sedately enough, but it's when things get tastefully melodramatic that Michel Franco's film really gets interesting
Preview
Cinema
A Gentle Creature is anything but. It's a bitter, difficult creature that demands much from its audience
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With Based on a True Story, Roman Polanski covers familiar ground with uninspired results
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I Am Not Madame Bovary is Chinese Brecht seen through the wrong end of a telescope
Preview
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The Other Side of Hope, the new film by Aki Kaurismäki, explores themes of home and displacement
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Best of
Okja isn't for kids – but maybe they should see it to understand about where their food comes from
Interview
Heal the Living is one of the best films of the year so far. We interview its brilliant young director
We love
Cinema
The talented Katell Quillévéré (Love Like Poison) directs this gorgeous tale of life rejuvenated
Must See
From Anne Hathaway's drunken Godzilla to surreal Finnish comedy, the best films out in May are a varied bunch
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Things go from small to scary in this ingenious single-space drama from Mohamed Diab, set amid unrest in Egypt in 2013
Features
Sex, hammers, and octopi – the most exciting films by the best Korean directors
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Cinema
With The Handmaiden, director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker, Thirst) has concocted a heady cinematic cocktail based on Sarah Waters' novel Fingersmith
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French film Raw is a darkly funny horror that might just put you off your steak tartare
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One of the best films of the 2000s was 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Director Cristian Mungiu returns with Graduation, a film that's just as bleak and brilliant
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Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini star in The Salesman, directed by Asghar Farhadi – Oscar-winner at the 2017 Academy Awards
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Cinema
Kim Jee-woon adds to the long list of great South Korean films with an espionage drama set in the 1920s
Features
Here's our pick of the last few months' best documentaries – 2016's late surprises and 2017's early successes, from Life, Animated to The Eagle Huntress
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In the playful and shocking new film by Paul Verhoeven, Elle, Isabelle Huppert plays the titular heroine with disconcerting self-possession
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At Cannes 2016, The Student – Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov's new film – was the François Chalais Prize winner
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Directed with tenderness by Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann is an off-beat comedy with its eye on embarrassing parents
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The Eagle Huntress documentary is a visually breathtaking and sociologically important bit of filmmaking
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The Ardennes is a taught, understated thriller with a satisfyingly climatic pay-off