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May 14, 2018 — Few critics come to the defense of this story of an all-female Kurdish combat unit.
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May 13, 2018 — Critics may differ on Jia’s sprawling gangster movie, but all agree that Zhao Tao is outstanding.
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May 12, 2018 — An urgent dispatch from the conflict in eastern Ukraine is winning plaudits from critics.
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May 10, 2018 — The underground scene of Leningrad in the early 80s is the real star here.
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May 10, 2018 — The director of Ida returns with the story of an intense love affair.
May 9, 2018 — In this followup to Embrace of the Serpent, a mob story is interwoven with Wayúu Native American rituals.
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May 9, 2018 — Cannes’s Opening Night film is met with a first round of lukewarm reviews.
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May 8, 2018 — In his uncharacteristic final masterpiece, the great Hollywood melodramatist Frank Borzage approaches the shadowy violence of film noir with his unique brand of romanticism.
May 6, 2018 — Cannes 2018 One of the major highlights of the ongoing, year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ingmar Bergman will be the presentation of a 4K restoration of The Seventh Seal (1957) as part of this year’s...
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May 1, 2018 — Cairo is “the city that made me what I am,” says Tamer El Said.