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Eight independent films that have defined the 2020s – from EO to Urchin

In a decade of upheaval, indie film-makers are producing work that speaks to our fracture

The Guardian - UK

Good Boy review – Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough turn nasty in Kubrickian absurdist nightmare

London film festival: Jan Komasa’s bracingly wicked tale follows a couple who plan to retrain an delinquent teen with a brutal regimen

The Guardian - UK

Wondrous donkey adventure EO decentres the human perspective in pursuit of a new way of seeing

You may not know Jerzy Skolimowski — he's an octogenarian Polish filmmaker — but his latest film EO is visionary and it has a rather unlikely star.

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‘Diana Dors screamed about George Best while rubbing herself against a young man’: how we made Deep End

‘A friend,’ recalls director Jerzy Skolimowski, ‘told me a story about a diamond that was lost for ever after being dropped in snow. I thought: “But you could grab the snow, melt it and get it back.” It seemed a great idea for a film’

The Guardian - UK

What to stream: Celebrating 2022's unlikely cinematic star, the donkey

One of the most charming themes of 2022’s best movies was one of the cutest too: the humble, beguiling donkey. A full handful of donkey-centric movies are up for top prizes at the Academy Awards this year, including the beautiful, devastating, totally unexpected tribute to the donkey, “EO,” which is…

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New this week: Hanks, Lambert, 'Bruiser' and 'Snowfall'

This week’s new entertainment releases include the arrival of a new Dierks Bentley album, the unveiling of Sony’s PlayStation VR2 virtual reality headset and Tom Hanks landing on video on demand as a despondent and ornery widower in “A Man Called Otto."

The Independent UK

EO review – the bold and the bray from veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski

A circus donkey embarks on a long, lonely journey, meeting human kindness and cruelty, in this strangely beautiful Oscar contender

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An 84-year-old filmmaker looks into a donkey's soul in ‘EO’

Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski's new film “EO” has a main character who doesn't speak a word of dialogue

The Independent UK

The Top 10 best movies of 2022 (plus a few of the worst)

Tom Cruise wins the award for multiplex superhero of 2022. One of the few old-school movie stars left standing, he pushed back on the salvage-yard business strategy suggesting “Top Gun: Maverick,” in limbo amid a series of pandemic release delays, ought to settle for Paramount’s streaming service. That would’ve been…

Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘EO’ is a donkey’s tale, clear-eyed and moving

A prime year for cinematic donkeys: That’s one way to remember 2022.

Chicago Tribune

Nice ass: Jerzy Skolimowski on his donkey film that wowed Cannes

The veteran Polish film-maker’s latest movie stars a donkey – and is up for an Oscar. He talks about how he became a donkey whisperer to get the best performance, his career as a painter and playing a villain in The Avengers

The Guardian - UK

Movie review: 'EO,' a gorgeous portrait of a donkey, is the film you've been braying for

In one of the most astonishing sequences in "EO," a rapturous hymn to the natural world from 84-year-old Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, a wandering donkey gets lost in a forest primeval. Night has fallen, but pools of moonlight illuminate this hushed, dark world in all its living glory. A little…

Los Angeles Times

Triangle of Sadness among leaders of European film award nominations

Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning satire is up for four awards, while Penélope Cruz and Paul Mescal feature in acting categories

The Guardian - UK

‘Triangle of Sadness’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Fest

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s class warfare comedy “Triangle of Sadness” won the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, giving Ostlund one of cinema’s most prestigious prizes for the second time. Ostlund, whose art-world send-up “The Square” took the Palme in 2017, pulled off the rare feat…

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Swedish satire on super-rich wins Cannes Palme d'Or

"Triangle of Sadness", a sharp satire about class conflict by Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, won the Palme d'Or for Best Picture at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

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'Triangle of Sadness' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Fest

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's class warfare comedy "Triangle of Sadness" won the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, giving Ostlund the prize for the second time.

The Guardian - UK

EO review – an innocent donkey leads the way in surreal Bresson-inspired ride

Life is seen through the eyes of a put-upon beast of burden in this beautifully photographed homage to Au Hasard Balthazar by the veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski

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