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By Ed Potton (195) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 07 Sep 2017

Ignore the awful punning title; this is a serious and searing piece of work from the Belgian director Philippe Van Leeuw…

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By David Parkinson (764) for Radio Times (2,421) on 06 Sep 2017

As one might expect with a former cinematographer calling the shots, the camerawork keeps the audience at the heart of the action…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 06 Sep 2017

An intense, claustrophobic tale of the human costs of an impossible conflict…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 06 Sep 2017

Van Leeuw creates a palpable dread at the daily horrors confronting those unlucky enough to caught up in a war zone…

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By Rob Carnevale (227) for Indie London (156) on 06 Sep 2017

A thoughtful, eye-opening experience that puts an all-too human face on a crisis that continues to make headlines…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 06 Sep 2017

As in Ingmar Bergman's Shame (1968), [Writer/Director Philippe Van Leeuw] is exploring how quickly the veneer of civilisation can be stripped…

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By Louise Busfield (4) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 06 Sep 2017

A harrowing watch with an intense final scene…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 06 Sep 2017

Insyriated is a powerful piece of theatre-cinema. Just bring your knowledge of the real war to scatter for seasoning and specificity…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 06 Sep 2017

It can sometimes feel like 'Insyriated' is awkwardly carrying the weight of an entire complicated conflict on its shoulders - but its sense…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 06 Sep 2017

There is something almost unbearable in this film's tension and claustrophobia, a brutally tough drama from writer-director Philippe Van Leeuw…

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By Matt Looker (202) for Total Film (3,532) on 04 Sep 2017

Bites off more narrative peril than it can chew, but effectively explores a troubling dilemma: would you help a neighbour if it meant endangering…

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By Hannah Mcgill (136) for The List (2,018) on 03 Sep 2017

A film which uses the time-honoured devices of the most manipulative of genres - the melodrama and the home-invasion horror - to lend cinematic…

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By Alex Lines (84) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 28 Aug 2017

Great performances and solid cinematography help sell the draining realism of In Syria, but the shift in narrative focus makes this one-location…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Jul 2017

What happens next is intended to highlight a moral crisis…

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