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Russian Film Festival
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Somewhere you should go… the Russian Film Festival

The Russian Film Festival has returned to venues across London for the sixth year running. Through original and perceptive features and politically charged documentaries, the festival champions the creativity, imagination and vision of the most established Russian directors as well as a new generation of emerging filmmakers. This season’s international…

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Something you should see… A Kid With A Bike

The director/brother combo of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have created a film I would describe as very… ‘French’. In this context, it means a film that is wonderfully dissimilar to the Hollywood approach to story-telling. It also means a film based in reality, which has been shot simply and beautifully.…

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Something you should see… Once Upon A Time in Anatolia

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, the latest film from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and joint winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes last year, will be an exercise in patience for the average cinema-goer.  At 157 minutes long, ‘slow burner’ only partially conveys the way the film lingers in the moment – think Lost…