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★★★☆☆ TRANSGENDER issues have never been as prominent as they are now – which makes director Anna Kerrigan’s Cowboys very timely indeed. Set in the western US state of Montana, it tells the story of 11-year-old Joe (Sasha Knight) and his desperate battle to persuade his small-town — and somewhat small-minded — mum Sally (Jillian Bell) that he is not a girl. 3 There are hugely touching moments in this gentle film that shines a light on an issue happening to loving, decent parents Joe has better luck with dad Troy (Steve Zahn), who is a bearded, plaid-shirt-wearing cowboy, but...

Charlatan review – a fascinating, frustrating tale of bottled-up emotion Peter Bradshaw Only last year at Berlin, Agnieszka Holland presented Mr Jones: a big, brashly ambitious movie inspired by the life of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who proclaimed the truth about Stalin’s terror-famine in the Ukraine in the 1930s, when the liberal west had been content to overlook it. Mr Jones has just been released in the UK and Holland’s work-rate is clearly prodigious, because she returns with another big period picture from Europe’s painful heart, torn apart by totalitarian i...

This review was first published for the Made in Prague and Polish Kinoteca Film festival in 2020. Charlatan is based on the true story of Jan Mikolášek (Ivan Trojan) who learns how to diagnose patient's illness by examining their urine and treating them through herbs and faith. Jan from the opening scenes has done well for himself with long queues outside his home and surgery seeking treatment. It’s a large operation employing nurses and auxiliaries in his hospital. He has a personal assistant Frantisek Palko (Juraj Loj) who dutifully sits in on the consultations taking detailed notes. Bu...

Here Are the International Feature Film Oscar Contenders Most Likely to Land Nominations IndieWire 3/10/2021 Academy voters must turn in their nomination ballots by today at 5 p.m. PT. When they do, they will be participating in a process for the nomination of Best International Feature Film. For the first time in history, anyone from any branch, anywhere, can vote in that category — if they’ve watched all 15 shortlisted international feature films. They have the unenviable task of picking their top five films out of one of the most extraordinary selections in recent memory. In this pan...

Charlatan charms at the annual Czech Lion ceremony Shadow Country was honoured with the most trophies Producers Kevan van Thompson (left) and Šárka Cimbalová (centre) receiving the Award for Best Film for Charlatan (© Czech Film and Television Academy) On the heels of the Czech Film Critics’ Awards comes the annual Czech Lion ceremony, which sees members of the Czech Film and Television Academy casting their votes to celebrate the domestic cinema of 2020. The Czech Film Critics’ Awards (see the news) had already singled out Agnieszka Holland’s period biopic film profile] as two ...