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Staff Picks: Ant Timpson

The following films are listed in a completely random order and are recommended for reasons that range from personal to obtuse. They do not include films from my Incredibly Strange section which are obviously recommended, except for people easily offended. And finally I would like to state for the record, I have seen all the films I am recommending which I feel is a necessity when it comes to the act of recommending.

Dogman

Matteo Garrone

Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah) returns to the scene of the crime with this jaw-dropping, based-on-fact tale of a timid dog lover driven to terrifying extremes when he hitches his star to a human beast he cannot control.

The Guilty

Den skyldige

Gustav Möller

A suspended police officer assigned to dispatcher duty is caught in a web of intrigue in this pulsating Danish thriller, jam-packed with mystery and suspense despite never leaving a cramped emergency call centre.

Shoplifters

Manbiki kazoku

Kore-eda Hirokazu

This year’s surprise Cannes Palme d’Or winner is one of Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s finest films, about a loving, unconventional family making ends meet on the margins of Tokyo.