We follow young Jamal on the long dangerous land journey from a refugee camp on the Pakistan Afghanistan border thru' Iran, Turkey, Italy and France to the new Mecca; London. Minimalist in dialogue and very naturalistic. Superb.
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KANDAHAR (2001)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Nafas is an Afghan journalist living in Canada when she gets a message from her sister, still living in the place of their birth, pronouncing that come the next solar eclipse she will commit suicide. Nafas decides to make the perilous journey to her home land and find her sister, returning to the veil she had long left behind on her return to a country ravaged by civil war and still under the iron grip of the Taliban. Kandahar is a stunning piece of film making with some breathtaking images. Sho
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RABBIT PROOF FENCE (2002)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Australia's dark secret of institutionalist eugenics gets an impressive and heartfelt celluloid airing in this adaptation of Doris Pilkington Garimara's book, a story based around the astonishing real life journey of three young girls, removed from their true Aboriginal families and transplanted to a boarding school/prison to be trained as domestic servants (from whence it was hoped they would quietly blend into white society), and their 1,500 mile trek home with only a rabbit proof fence to gui
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THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (1994)
Certification15 Our Rating
Deliciously camp comedy about three Sydney drag queens who accept a gig in Alice Springs, that hot-bed of cosmopolitan liberalism! A stonking seventies soundtrack accompanies the inevitably eventful trip through the outback, but it's the outstanding performances which make this such a corker.
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THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
When Melquides Estrada is found murdered it is presumed he's just another illegal immigrant and consequently of no concern to the American authorities. Buried in an unnamed pauper's grave it would seem that is the end of the matter, but Melquaides knew a good man in ranch foreman Pete Perkins, a tough as nails individual determined to see justice done and honour the wishes of his dead friend. 'Three Burials' is a mesmerising tale of friendship, revenge and redemption, driven by a dominating perf
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THE WARRIOR (2002)
Certification12 Our Rating
The leader of a small band of thugs under the control of a dark lord has an epiphany and rejects his violent ways. Our hero's choice however comes at great personal cost and leads him on a lonely, momentous and almost mythological quest for atonement. The Warrior is a beautifully shot film, enhanced by a story that is reminiscent of the simple but acutely observed tales of morality and heroism that brought Akira Kurosawa such world acclaim.
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