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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
VERDICT: Filmmaker Roberto Andò combines a wary humanism with expert storytelling to expose the anti-heroic truth about Garibaldi’s 1860 invasion of Sicily to overthrow the Bourbon monarchy and unite Italy, though the comic subplots running through the film tend to be distracting and hard to digest.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
VERDICT: A troubled, politically entangled premiere in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori has partly overshadowed Rusudan Glurjidze’s wistful Georgian comedy that cleverly targets Georgian-Russian relations.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
VERDICT: The director of Georgia's International Film submission 'The Antique' discusses the film's difficult Venice debut and modern-day censorship from Russia. Georgian writer and director Rusudan Glurjidze drew lots of attention with her first film about a ciComplimentary Registration or log in to read the rest of this review.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
VERDICT: The topic is marriage and the four compulsively watchable stories that make up Noha Adel’s ‘Spring Came Laughing’ nail the shallowness, hypocrisy and suffering of Egyptian middle-class women, caught in a web outdated traditions.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
Home - Festivals - Hussein Fahmy, a president for all seasons Hussein Fahmy, a president for all seasons VERDICT: The affable president of the Cairo Film Festival is a clear-sighted leader whose other job is being one of Egypt's biggest stars.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
VERDICT: Shot over a year ago by students in a filmmaking workshop in Gaza, ‘Gazan Tales’ is a disarming snapshot of four men’s everyday lives, as they pass their days unaware of the disaster about to befall them Among the many films about Palestine being screened at the Cairo Film Festival this year, Gazan Tale Complimentary Registration or log in to read the rest of this review....
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
VERDICT: A stubborn boy searches all over Palestine for a lost pigeon in ‘Passing Dreams’, Rashid Masharawi’s unexpectedly gentle, non-confrontational allegory about the state of the country.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
thecropsite.com | Deborah Young
Arborists play a critical role in maintaining the health and safety of our trees and landscapes. To perform their job effectively and safely, having the right tools is essential. The proper equipment not only boosts efficiency but also ensures safety while handling the demanding tasks involved in tree care. Today, we will cover the top must-have tools for arborists in 2024. 1.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
San Sebastian Film Festival VERDICT: Small in scale but big in its ambition to show how an ordinary woman reinvents herself by learning to express her desires, the Colombian film 'Skin in Spring' is observational fiction at its most delicate and intriguing.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
thefilmverdict.com | Deborah Young
San Sebastian Film Festival VERDICT: A psychiatrist is put to the test when her daughter, the member of a cult, is arrested for killing her baby in the spooky but unconvincing Chilean-Argentine drama ‘Maybe It’s True What They Say About Us’.
