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KNIVES OUT

Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019), Lionsgate, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 130 Minutes, Lieutenant Elliott (Lakeith Stanfield), Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)
Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019), Lionsgate, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 130 Minutes, Lieutenant Elliott (Lakeith Stanfield), Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)

Rian Johnson takes aim at modern America in a playful, ingenious murder mystery

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THE REPORT

The Report (Scott Z. Burns, 2019), Amazon Studios, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 119 minutes, Daniel Jones (Adam Driver)
The Report (Scott Z. Burns, 2019), Amazon Studios, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 119 minutes, Daniel Jones (Adam Driver)

The truth will out as Adam Driver takes on the CIA in real-life post-9/11 thriller

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GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY

Ghost Town Anthology / Répertoire des Villes Disparues (Denis Côté , 2019), Canada, 16mm, colour, sound, 97 minutes, Jimmy Dubé (Robert Naylor)
Ghost Town Anthology / Répertoire des Villes Disparues (Denis Côté , 2019), Canada, 16mm, colour, sound, 97 minutes, Jimmy Dubé (Robert Naylor)

Tragedy dredges up the spectres of the past in Denis Côté’s chilling community parable

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MONOS

Monos (Alejandro Landes, 2019), Picturehouse, Colombia / Argentina / Netherlands / Germany / Sweden / Uruguay, DCP, colour, sound 102 minutes
Monos (Alejandro Landes, 2019), Picturehouse, Colombia / Argentina / Netherlands / Germany / Sweden / Uruguay, DCP, colour, sound 102 minutes

A stark portrayal of excessive violence and child militance that renders all the comforts of civilisation unimportant

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WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS

Waiting for the Barbarians (Ciro Guerra, 2019), Italy, colour, sound, 112 minutes, Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), The Magistrate (Mark Rylance)
Waiting for the Barbarians (Ciro Guerra, 2019), Italy, colour, sound, 112 minutes, Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), The Magistrate (Mark Rylance)

Questions of colonialism frame Ciro Guerra’s English-language debut

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THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON

The Peanut Butter Falcon (Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, 2019), Signature Entertainment, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 97 Minutes, Tyler (Shia LaBeouf)
The Peanut Butter Falcon (Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, 2019), Signature Entertainment, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 97 Minutes, Tyler (Shia LaBeouf)

A renegade modern-day Huckleberry Finn tale starring Shia LeBeouf and newcomer Zack Gottsagen

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CRYSTAL SWAN

Crystal Swan (Darya Zhuk, 2018), K Films Amerique, Belarus, 93 minutes, Velya (Alina Nasibullina)
Crystal Swan (Darya Zhuk, 2018), K Films Amerique, Belarus, 93 minutes, Velya (Alina Nasibullina)

Belarusian comedy touches upon the trauma of post-socialist rule