The city of Brussels already has a more vivid big-screen legacy than some (it’s the home of one Jeanne Dielman, after all) but it may have found its closest, most devoted and most expansive cinematic chronicler in director Bas Devos. Following the superb 2019 one-two of “Hellhole” and “Ghost Tropic” — respectively, a solemn reflection on urban alienation in the wake of terror attacks and a revelatory nocturnal commute through its unloved fringes — the Belgian capital gets a more summery, sanguine valentine in “Here,” albeit one still preoccupied with the city’s outsiders and outlying attractions. In this case, it’s Brussels’ proximity to the natural world, whether via its
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