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  Stormy waves: the London Korean Film Festival 2013

  Some high-profile absences and attendant censorship worries were but the foam on a weltering sea of investigations of Korea. Anton Bitel reports on angry socio-political allegories, sex-assault dramas and more.

  Anton Bitel
  Friday 13 December 2013

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  Viennale 2013: three landscapes of labour (Demolition, Le Cousin Jules and Three Landscapes)

  Michael Pattison on visions of hammering away all over the world from J.P. Sniadecki, Dominique Benicheti and Peter Hutton.

  Michael Pattison
  Tuesday 19 November 2013

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  Morelia 2013: Quentin Tarantino presents… Arturo de Córdova

  Buñuel’s (and Lacan’s) embodiment of jealousy was a major star of Gary Cooper-esque dash and stature. Nick Roddick saw Quentin Tarantino bring out his prints for a week in the sun.

  Nick Roddick
  Wednesday 13 November 2013

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  Doclisboa 2013: less austere realities

  This year’s Doclisboa festival did more with less, if not in the officially imagined way, reports the Celluloid Liberation Front.

  Celluloid Liberation Front
  Wednesday 13 November 2013

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  Sixty years young: 3D experiments at the London International Animation Festival 2013

  Jez Stewart sees a showcase of the National Film Board of Canada’s experiments with stereoscopy, past and present.

  Jez Stewart
  Monday 11 November 2013

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  Night of the long backward glances: the FrightFest October All-Nighter 2013

  The spirits of movies of yore came out to play at this year’s Hallowe’en horror bender, reports Anton Bitel.

  Anton Bitel
  Friday 8 November 2013

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  London 2013: ‘Cult’ round-up

  Anton Bitel recounts his peculiar pleasures at the 57th London Film Festival.

  Anton Bitel
  Thursday 24 October 2013

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  London 2013: Spanish cinema – beyond crisis?

  Three new movies by London Film Festival debutantes exemplify the new DIY ethos of Spain’s embattled film sector, reports Mar Diestro-Dópido.

  Mar Diestro-Dópido
  Thursday 17 October 2013

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  Encounters 2013: Swiss Encounters

  Harriet Warman finds notes of electro-psychedelic-ambient Dadaism, abstract football fandom, perilous femininity and existential hopelessness in a Swiss buffet at this year’s Bristol short-film expo.

  Harriet Warman
  Thursday 3 October 2013

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  Encounters 2013: Best of British (live action)

  Dylan Cave on a septet of standouts at this year’s Bristol short-film festival, featuring old people, young people, a house and a stick.

  Dylan Cave
  Wednesday 2 October 2013

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