Adam Bakri in a still from ‘All That’s Left of You’, courtesy of T A P E Collective
The latest film by Palestinian-American helmer and actress Cherien Dabis is an ode to a land she’s never really known, having grown up in the diaspora, to which more and more Palestinians belong each day.
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Karim Daoud Anaya in a still from Annemarie Jacir’s ‘Palestine 36’
With a recently announced initiative titled “Talking Palestine 36” and a screening in Gaza — the film’s official Palestinian premiere — to show the film to the people to whom it belongs, Annemarie Jacir is making sure her Palestinian Oscar submission doesn’t go unnoticed.
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Beyond the sci-fi comedy starring Robert Pattinson, in the story of a man who gets reprinted in 3D every time he dies — and comes out of the machine with the same quirks and patterns of a regular paper printer — there lies a profound film about learning to live with all parts of our personality — even those we may not always like.
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Jacob Elordi in Justin Kurzel’s ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ photo © Curio Pictures
There is goodness to be found in this year’s Berlinale Special program and it includes some eye candy, for yours truly.
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There are incredible Things to be said about the production value of the latest Lanthimos oeuvre, and there are beautiful Things in the film, but for me personally it was not all good Things for ‘Poor Things’.
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