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Young female criminals tell their stories in the Starless Dreams documentary, a short powerful film by Iranian director Mehrdad Oskouei
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The new film by young Polish director Tomasz Wasilewski, United States of Love is a subdued and realistic look at love's different guises
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Your Name (in Japanese with English subtitles) is an anime masterpiece by Makoto Shinkai, a director dubbed 'the new Miyazaki' in reference to the genius behind Spirited Away
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UK's first documentary cinema shines a light on The Lives of Others around the world in this compelling series of films
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Kings, rappers and schemers: the gender-blind casting on stage and screen helping to redress male dominance in the industry
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New Art for a New World brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life in this entrancing art historical documentary
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For the best Korean films, 2016 has November's Korean Film Festival
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With the French Film Festival 2016, London showcases the crème de la crème of cinema from across the Channel
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The Innocents film (2016) – known in France as Agnes Dei – is an intriguing and uncompromising drama from the director of Coco Before Chanel
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A pop up sex cinema in Islington aims to confront stereotypes about the seedy soho 'raincoat bridgade'
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This powerful documentary about Sonita Alizadeh is not just an Afghanistan documentary but a rap film, also covering women's rights and the migrant crisis
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An intense Belgian drama starring Bérénice Bejo (The Artist), After Love is one of the most unremittingly accurate films about divorce
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Director Babak Anvari has crafted a subtle, feminist drama – and one of the best horror movies of all time
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In The Clan, director Pablo Trapero tells a terrifying true story with mixed results
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Théo et Hugo dans le Même Bateau – called Paris 05:59 in France – is the kind of arty drama that could have been precious, but ended up near-perfect
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Guy Pearce and Dakota Fanning duel in this gory Western that is guilty of thematic overkill, and isn't quite the Deadwood movie we were hoping for
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Mathiew Almalric's new arty drama, The Blue Room, is a clever, cold, frustrating conundrum of a movie
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In a new film starring the incomparable Isabelle Huppert, age and thought are among the big themes under examination
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Keep your eye on young director Mohamed Jabaly: Ambulance, his debut film, is about as impressive as documentaries get
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Although it won't be top of the list for fans of Pedro Almodóvar movies, Julieta is a strangely compelling creation
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Director Andrzej Żuławski's film Cosmos - his last - is unsettlingly bizarre, less of a swansong than an alarming Donald Duck rasp
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A Norwegian film starring a geologist doesn't sound very thrilling... but just you wait
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New Swedish film The Here After delves into the dark repercussions of violent crime.
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Thomas Vinterberg's semi-autobiographical film about a 1970s hippie commune is an intelligent and bittersweet dramedy
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Speed Sisters documentary brings the Middle East's first all-female car-racing team to cinemas
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The ICA screens an eclectic mix of new release films and cult classics, and the latest season from the Japan Foundation's touring programme showcases the best of Japanese cinema.
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The three part BFI Godard season kicks off in January with screenings and with appearances from his former wife and muse Anna Karina
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The French Institute offers London cinephiles the chance to revisit their ten favourite films of 2015 on the big screen once again, with their ten 'Best of 2015' Film Season
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Oscar nominated Danish film from Tobias Lindholm is a realistic exposure of modern combat that brings a tear to the eye.
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New French film about a ménage à trois romance is a charming tale of fluid sexuality
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Things are not what they seem in new home invasion thriller Disorder (U.S. title Maryland) directed by the promising French director Alice Winocour, who brought you Augustine
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Jean-Luc Godard's landmark Le Mépris (1963) returns to the big screen digitally remastered by the BFI this January, with beautiful cinematography and a tale to tug on your heartstrings.