Contributor Hannah Strong

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Festivals

Resurrection – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Bi Gan's third feature is an epic in every sense of the word, taking viewers on a sprawling odyssey through cinema.
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Festivals

The Mastermind – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

An art theft spells disaster for Josh O'Connor in Kelly Reichardt's excellent Vietnam-era heist dramedy.
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Interviews

Wes Anderson: ‘You’re hoping for the right accident’

by Hannah Strong

We speak to the mastermind behind The Phoenician Scheme about family, fathers-in-law, and the great, grand plan of all things Wes Anderson.
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Festivals

Love on Trial – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young J-pop singer must choose between love and stardom in Koji Fukada's gentle romantic drama.
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Festivals

Sorry, Baby – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A brilliant young academic struggles to come to terms with the aftermath of a sexual assault in Eva Victor's moving dramedy.
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Festivals

Sentimental Value – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Renate Reinsve plays an actress struggling with the sudden return of her estranged father in Joachim Trier's latest drama.
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Festivals

The History of Sound – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Two musicians set out to record the folk songs of rural America in Oliver Hermanus' restrained but affecting drama.
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Festivals

Eleanor the Great – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

June Squibb plays a spirited nonagenarian who moves back to New York from Florida in Scarlett Johansson's underwhelmed directorial debut.
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Festivals

Splitsville – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Two couples find themselves caught up in a love quadrangle after one of them separate in Michael Angelo Covino's romantic comedy.
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Festivals

Alpha – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Returning to Cannes after winning the Palme d'Or for Titane, Julia Ducournau shifts gears with a unique drama inspired by the AIDS crisis.
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Festivals

Die, My Love – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Lynne Ramsay finds a kindred spirit in Jennifer Lawrence, joining forces for a blistering portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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Festivals

Pillion – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A meek young traffic warden embarks on a sexual odyssey with a taciturn biker in Harry Lighton's loose adaptation of Adam Mars-Jones' Box Hill.

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