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Tom Birchenough

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Articles By Tom Birchenough

DVD: A Most Wanted Man

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Rich, Russian and Living in London, BBC Two

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The Green Ray

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DVD: The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq

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Photographer Rena Effendi: 'Images of dislocation'

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Olive Kitteridge, Sky Atlantic

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The Circle

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The Green Prince

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The Grandmaster

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3 Winters, National Theatre

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Imagine... Colm Tóibín: His Mother's Son, BBC One

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Eastern Boys

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Stations of the Cross

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Concerning Violence

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DVD: Ida

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Winter Sleep

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