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Cannes Film Festival

A person in a red dress gesturing on a dark stage, with other people visible in the background.
Festivals

Emilia Perez – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This ghast­ly musi­cal melo­dra­ma from Jacques Audi­ard tells of a Mex­i­can car­tel bosses’s gen­der affirm­ing surgery.
A woman in a black and orange coat interacting with a white robot in an indoor setting.
Festivals

Caught by the Tides – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The Chi­nese mae­stro deliv­ers his great­est film in this cut-and-paste juke­box musi­cal melodrama.
A middle-aged man with an angry expression, gesticulating while driving a car.
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The Surfer – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Nico­las Cage stars as a man who comes a crop­per of a local surfer gang in Lor­can Finni­gan’s unsuc­cess­ful psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller.
A young man with curly hair wearing a checked shirt and holding a camera stands in a grassy field.
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Oh, Canada – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A cel­e­brat­ed doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er makes a deathbed con­fes­sion in Paul Schrader’s adap­ta­tion of Rus­sell Bank’s nov­el Foregone.
Two young people, a man and a woman, standing close together in a dimly lit urban setting.
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Kinds of Kindness – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos returns with anoth­er scorcher in this inno­v­a­tive and dark­ly com­ic trio of films about spir­i­tu­al domination.
Man in a suit pointing a gun at the camera in a dramatic, cinematic setting with yellow lighting.
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Megalopolis – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ignore the haters – this is the kalei­do­scop­ic, enrich­ing, Well­sian vision of a grand old mas­ter with noth­ing to lose.
Person floating face up in water, eyes closed, arms spread out.
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Bird – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Andrea Arnold returns with a flighty kitchen sink rever­ie that sad­ly falls from grace in a mud­dled sec­ond half.
Heavily-jewelled headdress worn by a person with dark sunglasses and a black outfit, set against a dimly lit background.
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On Becoming A Guinea Fowl – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

The death of a beloved uncle in a mid­dle-class Zam­bian fam­i­ly brings some dif­fi­cult truths to light in Rungano Nyoni’s sur­re­al sec­ond feature.
Monochrome image depicting a crowd of people wearing hats and coats, with a woman in the centre standing out from the group.
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The Girl with the Needle – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Mag­nus Von Horn brings sub­tle­ty and empa­thy to the ser­i­al killer genre in this extra­or­di­nary true-life yarn.
Two women in a cluttered room, one standing at a computer desk, the other crouching on the floor. Bright colours and low lighting create an intimate, dimly lit atmosphere.
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Wild Diamond – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young woman with her heart set on social media star­dom gets a shot at fame when she’s offered an audi­tion for a real­i­ty series in Agathe Riedinger’s fea­ture debut.