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Read Jurassic World: Rebirth review – struggles to find a justification for its existence
Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic World: Rebirth

Juras­sic World: Rebirth

Review by David Jenkins

strug­gles to find a jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for its existence

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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 108: The Phoenician Scheme issue: Out now!

by Little White Lies

Pack your bags for a mad­cap, cross-coun­try adven­ture with our issue ded­i­cat­ed to Wes Anderson’s lat­est, The Phoeni­cian Scheme.
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Partnership

The Sensual Elegance of I Am Love

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Through its use of colour, cos­tume and décor, Luca Guadagnino’s sump­tu­ous dra­ma turns styl­ish inte­ri­ors and silent glances into metaphors for longing.
Text in bold: "La Dolce Vita" Stylised title in gold with decorative elements on a yellow background.
Partnership

Introducing… La Dolce Vita: A Celebration of Italian Screen Style

by Little White Lies

This sum­mer we’re invit­ing you to indulge in a slice of the sweet life with Disaronno.

Latest reviews

Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic World: Rebirth
Review

Jurassic World: Rebirth review – struggles to find a justification for its existence

by David Jenkins

There’s just too much that’s wrong and sil­ly and deriv­a­tive about this tired, tired run-out.

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Review

The Shrouds review – precision filmmaking of the highest stripe

by David Jenkins

David Cronenberg’s melan­choly explo­ration of how we retain our con­nec­tion with the dead makes for one of his most beau­ti­ful love stories.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Chicken Town review – how do you make a granddad selling weed boring?

by Thomas Boyd

Two school­friends join forces with an old man who acci­den­tal­ly start­ed grow­ing weed on his allot­ment in Richard Bracewell’s painful­ly unfun­ny comedy.

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2
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M3gan in a beige outfit standing in dimly lit room with lamps.
Review

M3gan 2.0 review – a silly sequel shooting for action grandeur

by Kambole Campbell

The bot is back in this wink­ing AI-themed caper movie which goes all out to expand the lore of the M3GAN universe. 

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Review

Sudan, Remember Us review – extremely powerful stuff

by Leila Latif

Hind Meddeb’s doc­u­men­tary poignant­ly cap­tures the activist spir­it of post-rev­o­lu­tion Sudan.

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In Retrospect
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Review

From Hilde, With Love review – too staid to make an impact

by Laura Venning

Andreas Dresen’s Nazi Ger­many-set biopic on resis­tance fight­ers Hilde and Hans Cop­pi fails to do their sto­ry justice.

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Features

Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in In The Mood For Love
In Praise Of

In the mood for In The Mood For Love

by Mick Gaw

Wong Kar Wai’s eter­nal sto­ry of yearn­ing in Hong Kong turns 25 and only grows in stature.
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Top Ranking

28 Ways Later

by Juan Barquin, Mark Asch, Esther Rosenfield, Hannah Strong, Daniel Schindel, Jake Cole

We exam­ine how the UK’s trag­ic demise at the hands of the rage virus might have impact­ed the wider world.
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In Praise Of

Brats in Bondage: Lessons in defiance from Tank Girl

by Riley Rogers

Thir­ty years on, the defi­ant desert dweller can teach us how to kick back against dystopia.
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Journeys

Peter Cushing lives forever in Whitstable

by Sarah Morgan

Thir­ty-one years after his death, the hor­ror vet­er­an remains as pop­u­lar as ever, as a very spe­cial trip to his sea­side home revealed.
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Hard Craft

Who gets to be on the big screen?

by Emily Maskell

Cast­ing direc­tor Lucy Pardee lifts the lid on her lat­est project, Lol­lipop, and work­ing in the cast­ing industry. 
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Festivals

Time in the Flesh: A Queer East Correspondence

by Jae Huang, Soumya Sharma

In col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Queer East Film Fes­ti­val, our final pair from this year’s Emerg­ing Crit­ics pro­gramme reflect on their experience.
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