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The Banquet (Ye Yan)

The Banquet: the idea of setting a William Shakespeare play in this particular historical time and place is sound;

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Ang Lee succeeds in making a film that is poetic, exhilarating and visually striking;

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Mustang: Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s film has an interesting, entertaining and contemporary story to tell;

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Son of Saul: László Nemes not so much tells a story, but uses a conducting thread to

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Room: survival tales exist in many shapes and forms, but rarely quite like this one. Lenny Abrahamson’s film tells

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Theeb: Naji Abu Nowar’s film is a quiet, old-fashioned coming-of-age adventure. While it doesn’t

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Rams: Grímur Hákonarson little gem of a movie mixes in unusual setting and starting point with

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The Danish Girl: Tom Hooper had an interesting story in his hands, but tells it in a bland, uninteresting way.

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Brooklyn: more important than how new an story is, is how well it’s told. That’s the case in John Crowley’s film:

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