Xavier Dolan

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It’s been a hell of a good year for foreign-language films

Culture

All five films nominated for this year’s best foreign language picture Oscar are worth seeing, says film critic Matt Holzman. And there are a couple must-see foreign language films that didn’t make the Oscar list.

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