wed 24/04/2024

Saskia Baron

Articles By Saskia Baron

Rebel Dread review - generous documentary portrait of punk-reggae legend Don Letts

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La Mif review - Swiss docu-drama focuses on troubled teens

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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy review - a trio of tales from Japan

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Flee review - award-winning documentary portrays the refugee experience

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Blu-ray: Down by Law

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Final Account: Storyville, BBC Four review - confessions of the last survivors of the Nazi era

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Memory Box review - exquisitely made drama set in Lebanon

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Blu-ray: Out of the Blue

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The Velvet Underground review - Todd Haynes tunnels through band history

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DVD/Blu-ray: Another Round

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Blu-ray: Johnny Guitar

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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life review - a complex portrait of a complex man

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DVD/Blu-ray: All About Eve

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Shorta review - Danish police drama

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The Champion of Auschwitz review - Polish movie based on a boxer's memoir

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Misha and the Wolves review - tricksy documentary about a child survivor

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