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Saskia Baron

Articles By Saskia Baron

Girl Picture review - Finnish coming-of-age drama offers nothing new

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Sidney review - documentary portrait of Hollywood's first black superstar

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Three Thousand Years of Longing review - be careful what you wish for

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Queen of Glory review - carving an identity between two worlds

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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War review - a lovingly crafted documentary portrait

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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande review - claustrophobic and bland

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Lightyear review - can infinity be a yawn?

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Everything Went Fine review - classy French family drama

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The Deathless Woman review - the overlooked persecution of the Roma people

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Everything Everywhere All at Once review - brace yourself

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Wild Men review - Danish-Norwegian black comedy

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Blu-ray: Escape from LA

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Playground review - bleak but brilliant schoolyard drama

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Deep Water review - not even laughably bad

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Master Cheng review - slight but soothing Finnish-Chinese romance

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

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