Watching
Nick Paris from Lumière reviews some of the best from the current crop of cinema releases.
IT MUST BE HEAVEN Elia Suleiman’s It Must Be Heaven is both a comedic and melancholy contemplation of his place in the world and the Palestinian identity. The film stars its director as himself, never speaking a word as he observes the everyday oddities around him, every place he goes inevitably carrying some reminder of home. With unease and lightheartedness going hand-in-hand, this is a silent film full of comedy, absurdity and depth of thought about the state of the world.
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END OF THE CENTURY Ocho (Juan Barberini), an Argentine poet on holiday in Barcelona, spots Javi (Ramón Pujol) from his apartment balcony, sparking fantasies of holiday romance. After a passionate hook up, it transpires they have met before, and what seemed like a one-time encounter becomes an epic, decades-spanning relationship. This rulebreaking love story bends perception of time and explores deep human connection.
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In this rural Australian comedy-drama, feuding brothers Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton) are raising separate flocks of sheep descended from a breed passed down through their family for generations. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. Hot-headed Les opts for angry defiance, while introverted Colin takes the subtler approach: hiding all the sheep he can fit in his farmhouse.
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