Alex Ramon

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What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2024

An animated period epic and an urgent refugee crisis drama bookend this year’s vibrant celebration of Polish cinema.

By Alex Ramon

What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2024
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Memory: early-onset dementia and past traumas complicate a new relationship in Michel Franco’s warmest film to date

By Alex Ramon

Memory: early-onset dementia and past traumas complicate a new relationship in Michel Franco’s warmest film to date
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American Fiction: Jeffrey Wright shines in this smart racial satire on the American publishing industry

By Alex Ramon

American Fiction: Jeffrey Wright shines in this smart racial satire on the American publishing industry
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10 great British films of 1974

By Alex Ramon

10 great British films of 1974
Lists

Harry Belafonte: 10 essential performances

By Alex Ramon

Harry Belafonte: 10 essential performances
Where to begin

Where to begin with Horace Ové

By Alex Ramon

Where to begin with Horace Ové
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10 great films about novelists

By Alex Ramon

10 great films about novelists
Where to begin

Where to begin with Isaac Julien

By Alex Ramon

Where to begin with Isaac Julien
Reviews

A Crack in the Mountain: a breathtaking voyage into the world’s largest cave

By Alex Ramon

A Crack in the Mountain: a breathtaking voyage into the world’s largest cave
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10 great British films of 1973

By Alex Ramon

10 great British films of 1973
Festivals

What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2023

By Alex Ramon

What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2023
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10 great British social realist films

By Alex Ramon

10 great British social realist films
Features

Reigniting the flame: Menelik Shabazz’s Burning an Illusion, 40 years on

By Alex Ramon

Reigniting the flame: Menelik Shabazz’s Burning an Illusion, 40 years on
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10 great reggae films

By Alex Ramon

10 great reggae films
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Benediction: Terence Davies’ Siegfried Sassoon portrait is a film of waning power

By Alex Ramon

Benediction: Terence Davies’ Siegfried Sassoon portrait is a film of waning power
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10 great films about old age

By Alex Ramon

10 great films about old age
Festivals

What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2022

By Alex Ramon

What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2022
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10 great British films about romance across social divides

By Alex Ramon

10 great British films about romance across social divides
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Pirates is a debut feature from Reggie Yates that revels in 90s nostalgia

By Alex Ramon

Pirates is a debut feature from Reggie Yates that revels in 90s nostalgia
Features

A sense of history: Mike Leigh’s period cinema

By Alex Ramon

A sense of history: Mike Leigh’s period cinema
Where to begin

Where to begin with Małgorzata Szumowska

By Alex Ramon

Where to begin with Małgorzata Szumowska
Reviews

Uprising looks back to the trauma and fury stoked by the 1981 New Cross Fire

By Alex Ramon

Uprising looks back to the trauma and fury stoked by the 1981 New Cross Fire
Lists

Earl Cameron: 10 essential performances

By Alex Ramon

Earl Cameron: 10 essential performances
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Ultraviolence is a blunt polemic against British police racism

By Alex Ramon

Ultraviolence is a blunt polemic against British police racism
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I Am Samuel is a tender look at a gay Kenyan couple’s lives and love

By Alex Ramon

I Am Samuel is a tender look at a gay Kenyan couple’s lives and love
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Undergods searches a dystopian city for fragments of male ego

By Alex Ramon

Undergods searches a dystopian city for fragments of male ego
Lists

Altman’s fortune: 10 underrated Robert Altman films

By Alex Ramon

Altman’s fortune: 10 underrated Robert Altman films
Features

Jungle Fever at 30: Spike Lee’s thorny interracial love story

By Alex Ramon

Jungle Fever at 30: Spike Lee’s thorny interracial love story
Reviews

IWOW: I Walk on Water is a sprawling, frustrating New York City symphony

By Alex Ramon

IWOW: I Walk on Water is a sprawling, frustrating New York City symphony
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