wed 02/07/2025

Saskia Baron

Articles By Saskia Baron

Alien: Romulus review - game over for the adults

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The Nature of Love review - disappointing French-Canadian romance

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Rose review - a long way from home

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Susquatch Sunset review - nature red in tooth and claw (albeit prosthetic)

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger review - the Archers up close

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Laughing Boy, Jermyn Street Theatre review - impassioned agitprop drama

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Evil Does Not Exist review - Ryusuke Hamaguchi's nuanced follow-up to 'Drive My Car'

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Io Capitano review - gripping odyssey from Senegal to Italy

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Monster review - superbly elliptical tale of a troubled boy

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The Lonely Londoners, Jermyn Street Theatre review - evocative portrait of the migrant experience

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The End We Start From review - watery apocalyptic drama with star turn

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Scala!!! interview with documentary co-directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall

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The Boy and the Heron review - elegiac swan song by the Japanese anime master

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Every Body review - heartfelt American documentary

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Monica review - sombre American drama

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Fallen Leaves review - deliciously dry Finnish romcom

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