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Film review: Devil’s Knot (15)
Atom Egoyan’s film reveals the ongoing Hollywood paranoia about ‘the other’, says JEFF SAWTELL

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Director: Atom Egoyan

Given the exhaustive coverage of the so-called West Memphis Three — the mysterious murder of the children Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Steven Branch — you might wonder why the  celebrated Canadian director Atom Egoyan has decided to make a contribution to the subject.

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