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Screen Grabs: A couple of powerful mothers

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'Shayda' portrays life in a women's shelter for Iranian mother and child, 'Cabrini' highlights a nun on a mission.
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Screen Grabs: War is Hell—and then, onscreen

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'The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film' comes to BAMPFA. Plus: 'The Troubles' puts Irish resistance in personal light
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Screen Grabs: ‘Spartacus’ with sandworms—’Dune 2′ is a worthy spectacle

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Just don't think too much about the optics of old-school fantasy. Plus: Animated Chilean docudrama 'They Shot the Piano Player'
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Screen Grabs: Hail international film, including African, Palestinian rarities

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Plus: Homage to Italian soundtrack champ Ennio Morricone and Edward Yang's 'Taipei Stories'.
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Screen Grabs: High-tail it to ‘Hundreds of Beavers’

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Hilarious and chewy. Plus: Jewish Film Institute Winterfest animates Ann Frank, James Baldwin scathes US
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Screen Grabs: Two strong films make global immigration personal

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'Io Capitano' and 'The Legionnaire' spur empathy. Plus: Gay rarity 'Drifter,' potent noir 'The Road to Shame,' more
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Screen Grabs: Look out, there’s an Oscar in your shorts

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This year's nominated animated, live action, and documentary shorts are a mixed bag, but there are some rewarding watches.
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Screen Grabs: Rare queer films, from the dawn of Gay Lib to the onset of AIDS

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Plus: 'Taste of Things,' 'Totem,' 'Perfect Days,' and a mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective
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‘How to Have Sex’ at the Mostly British Film Fest (and other cinematic selections)

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Gems from across the pond include Ken Loach's swan song, an expanded Irish section, and a 'Local Hero' revival.
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Screen Grabs: Has democracy peaked? Ask the monk with the gun

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Elections bring trouble in Bhutan. Plus: Franz Rogowski meets French imperialism in 'Disco Boy,' pretty but plodding 'Peasants'

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