(Denmark/France/Sweden 2021) Jonas Rasmussen: Depicting the refugee experience through vivid animation, Flee pushes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking to present a moving memoir of self-discovery. Amin Nawabi grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years as he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.
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(Britain/USA 1951) John Huston: After a religious spinster's missionary brother is killed in WWI Africa, a dissolute steamer captain offers her safe passage. Perfectly cast, smartly written, and beautifully filmed, The African Queen remains thrilling, funny, and effortlessly absorbing even after more than half a century's worth of adventure movies borrowing liberally from its creative DNA; with Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley.
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(USA 2004) Alexander Payne: Struggling writer and wine enthusiast Miles takes his engaged friend Jack on a trip to wine country for a last single-guy bonding experience. While Miles wants to relax and enjoy the wine, Jack is in search of a fling before his wedding. Charming, thoughtful, and often funny, Sideways is a decidedly mature road trip comedy full of excellent performances; with Paul Giamatti, Thomas Hayden Church, Virginia Madsen.
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(Germany/France 2006) Florian H von Donnersmarck: In 1983 East Berlin, a dedicated Stasi officer, doubting that a famous playwright is loyal to the Communist Party, receives approval to spy on the man and his actress-lover. Unlike more traditional spy films, Oscar winner The lives of others doesn't sacrifice character for cloak and dagger chases, and the performances stay with you; with Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Muhe, Sebastian Koch.
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(Australia 2020) Robert Connolly: Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl. A slow-burning crime drama based on the novel by Jane Harper and anchored by a solid central performance from Bana, The dry offers gripping thrills for genre fans; with Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell.
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