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Political cinema can sometimes be too highbrow for a mass audience. But in the 1960s and early '70s, French-Greek director Costa-Garvas showed that films with a revolutionary message can also be popular.

Ahed's Knee's, by Israeli director Nadav Lapid, opens up to deliver a filmmaker’s cri de coeur about the state of his country, it also dares to ask where goodness lies, which is a far more universal and relatable question.

What it’s like to watch a movie in which your greatest fears are played for giggles. - Monica Castillo