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Saskia Baron

Articles By Saskia Baron

E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea review - dull docu-fiction take on the designer-architect

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Riefenstahl review - fascinating fascism? Portrait of the Nazis' favourite film-maker

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The Penguin Lessons review - Steve Coogan and his flippered friend

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La Cocina review - New York restaurant drama lingers too long

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Brief History of a Family review - glossy Chinese psychological thriller feels shallow

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Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other review - a portrait of photographer Joel Meyerowitz

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Flow review - come the apocalypse, cue the animals

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Rumours review - pallid satire on geopolitics

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Mediha review - a brutalised Yazidi teen comes of age with a camera

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Anora review - life lesson for a kick-ass sex worker

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Documentary highlights from the 2024 London Film Festival

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The Battle for Lakipia review - why post-colonial Kenya is a land of unease

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The Goldman Case review - blistering French political drama

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Lee review - shaky biopic of an iconic photographer

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Paradise Is Burning review - O mother, where art thou?

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Kneecap review - Irish Republican rappers for real

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