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Animol review – boyhood behind bars

by Katherine McLaughlin

Ashley Walters’ directorial debut is a bruising portrait of masculinity behind bars, hampered by a frustrating screenplay.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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I Love Boosters review – a technicolour takedown of capitalism

by Leila Latif

Boots Riley’s riotous anti-capitalist caper is a technicolour fantasia brimming with scathing social commentary.

3
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4
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4
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Gentle Monster review – provocation without purpose

by Rafa Sales Ross

Léa Seydoux stars as a mother whose life unravels when her husband is arrested on suspicion of child abuse, in this frustratingly evasive drama.

3
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3
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2
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Primetime review – Pattinson's uncanny take on Hansen is a career high

by Hannah Strong

Robert Pattinson cleanses the world of an ancient evil in Lance Oppenheim’s take on the murky story of Chris Hansen and NBC’s To Catch A Predator.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Nightborn review – bad baby, bad movie

by David Jenkins

Hanna Bergholm maternal folk horror avoids logic and credibility at every turn as it tells of a couple’s attempts to nurture a nightmare child.

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2
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2
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Wicker review – a swooning comic fairy-tale with a large side of spice

by Katherine McLaughlin

Olivia Colman finds her romantic ideal in Alexander Skarsgård’s literal wicker man in Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s entertaining, saucy fable.

4
Anticipation
4
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3
In Retrospect
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Fatherland review – Sandra Hüller is arguably our greatest working actor

by David Jenkins

Paweł Pawlikowski’s striking miniature on author Thomas Mann’s return to Germany after the war in 1949 hums with emotion and insight.

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4
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All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea review – urgent, poignant and full of rage

by David Jenkins

Jeanie Finlay turns to the beaches of Teesside for her tenth documentary feature on the decimation of a local fishing industry and a community driven to eco-activism.

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4
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Possible Love review – rich, thorny and multifaceted

by Hannah Strong

Two couples from contrasting social classes brush up against each other in Lee Chang-dong’s extraordinary relationship drama.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Wildwood review – a tour de force of imagination-driven storytelling

by Hannah Strong

Travis Knight’s latest stop-motion fantasy is a magical, masterful testament to the power of film crafted with love and care at every turn.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
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Making Marie Antoinette review – passing the baton

by Christina Newland

Pieced together from Eleanor Coppola’s behind-the-scenes footage and journal entries, this intimate documentary becomes a moving portrait of a mother witnessing her daughter’s artistry.

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4
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4
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Klara and the Sun review – send it back to the factory

by David Jenkins

Taika Waititi funnies up Kazuo Ishiguro’s beloved 2021 novel about the life of an inquisitive android and dispenses with much of its profundity in the process. 

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2
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1
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