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    • The Raid Key Cities
      Bloody, bruising and ball-bustingly brilliant from start to finish, Gareth Evans’ high-energy martial arts spectacle is quite simply one of the best action films in years. Destined to be a future cult classic.
    • iD Fest May 24-27
      Derby QUAD’s annual art and film event kicks off later this month with aconversation with British director Mike Hodges, followed by a screening of his 1971 gangster classic, Get Carter.
    • LWLies X colette May 7 – June 2
      To mark this year’s Cannes Film Festival, LWLies has teamed up with colette Paris to pay homage to the art of the movie poster with a special LWL70 print exhibition at colette’s flagship store in the heart of Paris.
    • Cannes Film Festival May 16-27
      The 65th edition of the world’s biggest film festival sees a swarm of esteemed cine icons and fresh new talent descend on the legendary Croisette for 10 unmissable days of premieres and paparazzi-dodging mayhem.
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Amour (Love) – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Amour (Love) – Cannes Film Festival 2012

David Jenkins: Austrian master Michael Haneke's latest is his most humane work to date, but that's not to say he's gone soft on us...

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Lawless – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Lawless – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Adam Woodward: Nick Cave and director John Hillcoat deliver a sturdy and swaggering adaptation of Matt Bondurant's lyrical bootlegging novel.

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Reality – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Reality – Cannes Film Festival 2012

David Jenkins: Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone returns with a flawed satire on reality television.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Adam Woodward: Clarity and compassion abound in this Cajun drama, but is Beasts of the Southern Wild quite as smart as it thinks?

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After The Battle / Paradise: Love – Cannes Film Festival 2012

After The Battle / Paradise: Love – Cannes Film Festival 2012

David Jenkins: The Competition got political on the turn of day deux, with Ulrich Seidl and Yousry Nasrallah bring sex tourism and the Arab Spring to the fore respectively.

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Rust & Bone – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Rust & Bone – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Adam Woodward: Jacques Audiard's sixth feature is a beautiful and at times brutal study of pain and healing rooted in human tragedy. But it's not as affecting as we'd hoped.

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Moonrise Kingdom – Cannes Film Festival 2012

Moonrise Kingdom – Cannes Film Festival 2012

David Jenkins: Wes Anderson gets Cannes 2012 off to a fine start with a film that anchors his trademark whimsy with a sincere and heady romanticism.

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Reviews

The Raid

The Raid

star

May 17 2012: Gareth Evans' deliriously violent Indonesian martial arts flick is the most exciting action movie – and one of the best cinematic spectacles – of the last decade, writes Matt Bochenski

If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle

If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle

May 17 2012: Florin Şerban’s sweaty and severe film offers a general examination of the small but important liberties that are denied to you once behind prison walls, writes David Jenkins

2 Days In New York

2 Days In New York

May 17 2012: Despite starring Chris Rock, Julie Delpy's directorial follow up to her 2007 comedy simply isn’t funny, writes Ashley Clark

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp

star

May 17 2012: Powell and Pressburger's sweeping drama is among the greatest achievements of any British filmmakers, writes Wally Hammond

The Source

The Source

May 17 2012: A whimsical tale of Muslim women, water and wedlock, with precious little direction, drive or purpose., writes Daniel Green

She Monkeys

She Monkeys

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May 17 2012: A startling, subtly Sapphic psychodrama based around the dynamics of a fiercely competitive female sport, writes Emma Dibdin

Even The Rain

Even The Rain

May 17 2012: A handwringing treatise on filmmaking and Third World exploitation from the pen of Paul Laverty, writes Sherwyn Spencer

Piranha 3DD

Piranha 3DD

May 11 2012: Much like its title suggests, Piranha 3DD is a joke that isn’t funny any more, writes Martyn Conterio

Interviews

Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans

Director Gareth Evans takes us through the movies and memories that inspired The Raid.

Iko Uwais

Iko Uwais

The Raid star talks about his rise from martial arts champion to action movie icon.

Florin Şerban

Florin Şerban

The Romanian filmmaker discusses his new film, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle.

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