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We need to talk about Steve. Dazzling in places, infuriating in others, the fifth feature by French-Canadian writer/director Xavier Dolan (Tom At The Farm) is not exclusively a love-it-or-hate-it proposition – even its admirers will have moments when they can’t stand to watch. By turns noisy, nasty, sweet and upsetting, …

While it only pops up in the end credits, covered by Nina Simone, Leonard Cohen’s gentle, mystifying song ‘Suzanne’ seems like a guiding light for French writer/director Katell Quillévéré’s second feature. The lines “You know that she’s half crazy/But that’s why you want to be there” certainly chime with the …