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TV tonight: the heroes of D-day vividly brought to life

Remarkable footage from the beaches of Normandy. Plus, folk horror creepiness and Scooby Doo stylings in Doctor Who. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

New movies out this week: Jun 7-13

New releases that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.

Bangkok Post

MUBI: our pick of the best films coming in September from Gloria to Love

MUBI continues to be on a roll, releasing fantastic, eye-opening films

Evening Standard

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Close review – achingly poignant tale of the end of a childhood friendship

Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s Oscar-nominated drama about two inseparable boys tragically driven apart is a low-key treat

The Guardian - UK

Close movie review: touching, topical and devastating

As a portrait of teen fear and self-loathing, Close trumps Florian Zeller’s The Son

Evening Standard

Close review: Homophobia unravels a childhood friendship in a heartbreaking Oscar-nominated drama

At its best, the Belgian nominee for Best International Film is subtle and brutally honest

The Independent UK

‘I’d love to do a queer Titanic. Well, a queerer one!’ Director and Oscar contender Lukas Dhont

Bullied at school for his dance routine to Christina Aguilera’s Fighter, he turned to film, making zombie horrors starring his family. Now Close, his movie about a teen friendship turned sour, is up for an Oscar

The Guardian - UK

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New movies out this week: Feb 22-28

New releases that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.

Bangkok Post

Cannes winner Close jettisons promising, sensitive study of teenage male friendship for heavy-handed tragedy

Close, by controversial Belgian director Lukas Dhont, is a poignant vision of a friendship falling apart in real time under the pressure of the transition to high school — forcing a fatal rift.

ABC News

Movie review: Tragic ‘Close’ superb tale of innocence, loss

The Cannes award-winner “Close” from Belgian writer-director Lukas Dhont (“Girl”) is a sad tale of innocence and loss. The protagonists are 13-year-old boys who are inseparable. At school, they are teased, sometimes in an ugly manner, about being gay. This causes one of the boys, Leo (a revelatory Eden Dambrine),…

Boston Herald

Boyhood collides with masculinity in Oscar-nominated 'Close'

Set in the Belgian countryside, Lukas Dhont's “Close” is about a friendship between two 13-year-old boys whose tender intimacy is tested, tragically, when one seeks to fit in with more macho boys

The Independent UK

Review: Bring tissues to the Oscar-nominated 'Close,' but also a little skepticism

"Close" badly wants your tears and, on occasion, it earns them. A flawlessly acted, precision-tooled heartbreaker from 31-year-old Belgian writer-director Lukas Dhont, it tells an Edenic love story, conjuring a rapturous state of intimacy that gives way to a tragic fall from grace. What gives the movie its faint whisper…

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

Film show: 'Boy from Heaven' explores the dark forces at work in Egyptian society

Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why Tarek Saleh's "Boy from Heaven" had her gripped. The movie follows a young student caught up in the collusion of religion and politics in contemporary Cairo. We also look at the touching and tragic study of friendship in Lukas Dhont's award-winning feature "Close".…

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Belgian film Close, about teen male friendship, wins Sydney Film Festival's top prize

Close, by Belgian director Lukas Dhont, explores a powerful, intimate bond between two 13-year-old boys that is shattered by the transition to high school.

Radio France Internationale

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.

The Guardian - UK

A great Cannes goes pear-shaped giving the Palme d’Or to Triangle of Sadness

Ruben Östlund’s super-rich satire is an unworthy winner, particularly given the calibre of competition on the Croisette

France 24

Cannes 2022: First a Square now a Triangle, Ruben Östlund wins Palme d'Or for second time

The jury, chaired by Vincent Lindon, has unveiled its winners for the 2022 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Swedish director Ruben Östlund received the Palme d'Or for the film "Triangle of Sadness", a funny and cruel prank on wealthy industrialists and influencers. Two films tied for the Cannes Grand…

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The Independent UK

Lukas Dhont's tender boyhood drama 'Close' stirs Cannes

Lukas Dhont’s sensitive coming-of-age film “Close,” about the tender friendship of two 13-year-old boys whose bond is tragically separated, has provided a late, emotional wallop at the Cannes Film Festival

The Guardian - UK

‘I have never seen a Cannes like this’: verdict and awards predictions for 2022

This year’s festival had its ups and downs, but flashes of brilliance broke through the disappointments. Our critic forecasts the winners, and suggests a few more for categories that don’t (yet) exist

The Guardian - UK

Close review – a heartbreaking tale of boyhood friendship turned sour

When two 13-year-olds are no longer close, the fallout is unbearably sad, in Lukas Dhont’s anguished second feature

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