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SPIRITS MAFALDA QUINO Translated by Frank Wynne ...

FOR DECADES, DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN IMMERSING US IN THE ACTION WITH DAZZLING, REAL-TIME, SINGLE-TAKE SEQUENCES. NOW, WITH THE LIKES OF ADOLESCENCE UPPING THE ANTE, WE FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO CAPTURE AN EPIC ONER

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Ten years after his sharp and impressive debut Slow West, a Michael Fassbender-starring Western, Scottish filmmaker (and member of The Beta Band) John Maclean has made a second film, Tornado, a period