Son of Saul

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'I barely breathed': Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Steve McQueen and more on their most memorable moments at the movies
From transformative nights in the grubbiest of fleapits to spellbinding screenings under the stars, film-makers and critics recall the communal thrill of going to the cinema

15, May, 2020 @5:00 AM

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'I thought it was basically amazing': readers' pick of the best movies since 2000
From No Country for Old Men to Paddington 2, Guardian readers on the best films of the 21st century so far

Guardian readers and Rachel Obordo

17, Sep, 2019 @11:24 AM

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The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Son of Saul's László Nemes: 'Our civilisation is preparing for its own destruction'
The director of the Auschwitz-set Oscar-winner senses dark times ahead – and believes blockbusters are partly responsible. Is that why his second film, Sunset, is so baffling?

Catherine Shoard

10, May, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Baftas 2017: full list of winners
All the winners from the 2017 Bafta film awards

Guardian film

12, Feb, 2017 @8:59 PM

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La La Land continues winning run at London critics awards, alongside Beckinsale and Huppert
Damien Chazelle’s musical is film of the year, Isabelle Huppert is actress of the year, while Kate Beckinsale takes best British actress for Love & Friendship

Catherine Shoard

23, Jan, 2017 @12:03 PM

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The 50 best films of 2016 in the UK: No 2 Son of Saul
As our countdown continues, Andrew Pulver looks back on a harrowing Holocaust drama from Hungarian director László Nemes

Andrew Pulver

15, Dec, 2016 @7:30 AM

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The best films of 2016 so far
As we approach the final months of 2016, it’s time to look back at the films our critics have so far rated the finest

Andrew Pulver and Alan Evans

28, Nov, 2016 @3:31 PM

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Son of Saul; Labyrinth of Lies; Secret in Their Eyes; Strangerland; The Girlfriend Experience – review
Lázló Nemes’s Oscar-winning Holocaust drama puts the competition to shame

Guy Lodge

03, Jul, 2016 @7:00 AM

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Captain America unseats Jungle Book at UK box office
Captain America: Civil War continues Disney’s dominance in the charts, while Son of Saul defies difficult subject matter to chart at No 8

Charles Gant

03, May, 2016 @5:33 PM

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Son of Saul review – profoundly, soul-shakingly distressing
This haunting vision of the hell inside Auschwitz seen through the eyes of prisoner forced to help in the gas chambers is traumatic and overpowering

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

01, May, 2016 @7:59 AM

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Son of Saul review – a stunning, excoriating Holocaust drama
László Nemes’s debut, about a prisoner at Auschwitz forced to work in the gas chambers, dramatises the concentration camps with great intelligence, seriousness and audacity

Peter Bradshaw

28, Apr, 2016 @2:30 PM

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