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Egypt0:00/482.4533331× Sometimes people set a film in one location because the makers had a brilliant concept and wanted to make the most of it. (Exam; Phone Booth; ATM are all great examples of this.) The trouble is that they then can’t actually come up with much
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UAE0:00/320.2346671× I was frustrated by City of Life. Not because the film wasn't any good, quite the reverse; but it wasn't as good as it deserved to be. The idea of having three parallel stories which run through the film before the three
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Lebanon0:00/530.3253331× I haven’t applied any particularly formula to how I acquire films. I’ve used AI to help narrow down the available titles, and then I’ve gone by genre where possible. For many places there’s been only one easily-purchased title. That means that
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Jordan0:00/379.1146671× "They don't make films like this any more" is a rather pithy epithet thrown around all too easily (because obviously they still do make films like this or you wouldn't be able to make the comment in the first place)
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Iran0:00/290.4533331× There are two films here. The first is an astonishing technical tour de force, a 135 minute film shot in a single take, complete with flashbacks. How you can manage flashbacks within an uninterrupted take is something I never thought possible, but it’s done here,
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Israel0:00/358.721× I’m far less likely to be critical of a film from a country that’s never made one than I am for one that has an established and experienced film industry. Sick of not seeing themselves represented, for instance, the people of the Marshall Islands
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Iraq0:00/179.9466671× I knew a film made in Iraq shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussain was not going to be fun. I expected that. So when Son of Babylon started off warmly as a quasi-road movie in which a quiet, elderly Kurdish woman (Um-Ibrahim) from
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Palestine0:00/156.3093331× It’s very hard to watch a film which is blatant propaganda and maintain a consistent response. I’ve tried throughout this journey to view all of the films on their own merits, while still being mindful of local differences. It’s as objective as I