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I, Daniel Blake (2016)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★★
Moving, tragic and brutally direct, Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake is a scathing portrait of Britain’s benefits system.

By Mark Wilshin

★★★★☆
Taking place in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack, Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada reveals a family in turmoil when the patriarch dies.

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
As a scriptwriter turns shepherd, Alain Guiraudie’s Staying Vertical reveals an existence of fear and lusting in the Midi-Pyrénées.

By Alexa Dalby

Cafe Society is Woody Allen on good form in a stylish love letter to 1930s Hollywood and New York.