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Articles about Film, ordered by date. Open 'Film' in the New Internationalist magazine app for Android or iOS mobile devices.

Rare moments of tenderness in The Tribe from Ukraine.

Mixed media: Film

The Tribe, directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy; The Supreme Price, directed by Joanna Lipper.

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NI 483 - Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion - June, 2015
483 - June, 2015
Lust, curiosity and some dark comedy in Carol Morley's The Falling.

Mixed media: film reviews

Phoenix and The Falling reviewed by Malcolm Lewis.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
482 - May, 2015
The emotional and mental struggle of losing sight are brilliantly portrayed in Eskil Vogt’s Blind.

Film reviews

Malcolm Lewis watches The Dark Horse and Blind.

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NI 481 - Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? - April, 2015
481 - April, 2015

Mixed media: Film

Dreamcatcher, directed by Kim Longinotto; Love is All, directed by Kim Longinotto; Still Alice, directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland.

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NI 480 - The great green energy grab - March, 2015
480 - March, 2015
Caught between two cultures: Iram Haq’s atmospheric I am Yours.

Mixed media: films

Reviews of I Am Yours and Pelo Malo.

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NI 479 - Democracy in the digital era - January, 2015
479 - January, 2015
Syria - when protest seemed plausible.

Mixed media: Film

Citizenfour directed by Laura Poitras; We Are The Giant directed by Greg Barker; Winter Sleep directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
478 - December, 2014
The Overnighters – sex and homelessness in fracking boom Middle America.

Film reviews

The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss; The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
477 - November, 2014
Pride – a rousing and utterly magnificent true story.

Mixed media: Film

Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus; Still the Enemy Within, directed by Owen Gower.

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NI 476 - Cuba - October, 2014
476 - October, 2014
More about the journey than the destination: the brilliant Mystery Road.

Mixed media: film

Mystery Road, directed by Ivan Sen; Two Days, One Night, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

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NI 475 - Gold trouble - September, 2014
475 - September, 2014

Also out there...

A few more reviews that didn't quite make the 'best of' list.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
474 - July, 2014
Director Margaret Brown in the Gulf of Mexico.

Toronto HotDocs Festival 2014

A pick of top films by women directors.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
474 - July, 2014
Also out there...

Also out there...

Music, film and book also out there.

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NI 473 - The politics of language loss - June, 2014
473 - June, 2014
Tales of sex, seclusion and social rivalry in the wonderfully entertaining Of Horses and Men.

Film reviews

Jimmy’s Hall, directed by Ken Loach; Of Horses and Men, directed and written by Benedikt Erlingsson.

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NI 473 - The politics of language loss - June, 2014
473 - June, 2014
Asghar Farhadi The Past – marvellously crafted, superbly acted.Photo: © Carole Bethuel

Mixed Media: Film

The Past, directed by Asghar Farhadi; Plot for Peace, directed by Carlos Aguilo and Mandy Jacobson.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014
471 - April, 2014
Much hangs on how a 10-year-old boy's contraption will fly in The Rocket.

Mixed Media: Film

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NI 470 - Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth - March, 2014
470 - March, 2014
The Patience Stone - a subtle and memorable tale of rebellion and female solidarity.

Film reviews

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NI 468 - Fracking - the gathering storm - December, 2013
468 - December, 2013
Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale given a gritty treat­ment in Clio Barnard‘s The Selfish Giant.

Film reviews

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NI 467 - Time to rethink disability - November, 2013
467 - November, 2013
Youthful vulnerability meets the machinations of the state in this controversial Swedish film.

Mixed Media: film

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NI 465 - How the war on pirates became big business - September, 2013
465 - September, 2013
Film reviews

Film reviews

Stories We Tell, by Sarah Polley; Night of Silence (Lal Gece), by Reis Çelik; The Stoker, by Alexei Balabanov.

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NI 463 - Argentina's challenge - June, 2013
463 - June, 2013
Compliance

Compliance

A film directed and written by Craig Zobel (90 minutes).

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NI 460 - What has development done for me? - March, 2013
460 - March, 2013

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion June, 2015
Global banking now May, 2015
Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? April, 2015
The great green energy grab March, 2015
Democracy in the digital era January, 2015
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Fracking - the gathering storm December, 2013
Time to rethink disability November, 2013
How the war on pirates became big business September, 2013
Argentina's challenge June, 2013
What has development done for me? March, 2013
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