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5 things to watch this weekend – 18 to 20 June
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By Samuel Wigley
“What happens after the film is as important as what happens during the film”: Cristi Puiu on cinema culture past, present and future
By Cristi Puiu
Salaam Bombay! ranks with the masterpieces of neo-realism
By Alex Dudok de Wit
It Must Be Heaven shows a Palestinian in Paris searching for salvation
By Jonathan Romney
In the Earth descends into the madness of a haunted forest
By Hannah McGill
Luca takes a fish out of water for a summer holiday
By Thomas Flew
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