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Review

My Grandmother Trelotótó review – a world of beautiful nostalgic imagery

by Nathan Lewis

Through various creative uses of non-fiction filmmaking, Catarina Ruivo crafts a poetic space to reanimate the memory of her beloved grandmother.

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3
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Review

Nobody 2 review – a quick cash grab

by Oscar Aitchison

Bob Odenkirk is back as suburban dad/​deadly assassin Hutch Mansell in in a sequel that, ultimately, nobody will remember.

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2
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Review

Unmoored review – jars its own style

by Oscar Aitchison

Allegations made against the husband of a Swedish TV presenter drive the plot of Caroline Ingvarsson’s slow-burn debut feature.

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3
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2
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Review

Materialists review – earnest but underbaked romantic dramedy

by Laura Venning

An elite NYC matchmaker finds herself torn between money and love in Celine Song’s sophomore feature.

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3
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3
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Review

Together review – Franco and Brie try conscious uncoupling

by Katherine McLaughlin

A married couple move to the countryside only to find their relationship tested in new and surprising ways in Michael Shanks’ body horror.

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3
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Review

Stans review – mostly the same old thing

by David Jenkins

A novel but ultimately unsatisfying look at the life and art of Eminem through the eyes of his most obsessive fans.

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Podcast

Weapons | Freakier Friday | Freaky Friday (2003)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss new releases Weapons and Freakier Friday and revisit Freaky Friday for Film Club.
Julia Garner and Josh Brolin in Weapons
Review

Weapons review – fun but familiar horror hijinks

by Hannah Strong

Zach Cregger sticks to what he knows in his sophomore horror about missing kids and small-town madness.

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3
In Retrospect
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Review

Freakier Friday review – nothing quite compares to that rugged noughties flair

by Yasmine Kandil

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reprise their roles as the mother-daughter duo that accidentally swapped bodies in 2003, and the results are… okay.

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Journeys

Inside the inaugural edition of the Collective Film Festival London

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A dispatch from a passionate grassroots project over in Finsbury Park.