The story of a loyal band of Cubans who flee their country in the 1990s in order to infiltrate anti-Castro organisations in Florida. The latest film from prolific director Olivier Assayas is a fast-paced ride of intrigue and espionage. Adapted from “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War,” a nonfiction account of their lives by […]
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Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is a noise metal drummer. Shirtless and intense, he hammers out ferocious sets with his girlfriend and bandmate Lou (Olivia Cooke). But with each show, a persistent ringing in his ears worsens until sound drops out altogether. For a deaf musician and his partner who’ve built their precarious existence doing what they […]
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For her second feature, director Zeina Durra installs her camera in the intoxicating historic city of Luxor, Egypt. British aid worker Hana (a bewitching Andrea Riseborough) returns to Luxor, escaping the intensity of her humanitarian work treating victims of the war on the Jordanian- Syrian border. On a boat in the ancient city, Hana encounters […]
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