Contributor Hannah Strong

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Festivals

Urchin – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Harris Dickinson's fierce directorial debut is a poignant tale of a down-on-his-luck drifter, featuring a star-making performance from Frank Dillane.
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Festivals

The Chronology of Water – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Kristen Stewart makes her directorial debut with a rousing adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir.
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Festivals

The Plague – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A 12-year-old boy at a water polo summer camp experiences the vitriol of his peers in Charlie Polinger's arresting feature debut.
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Review

Final Destination: Bloodlines review – an absurd, grotesque film for our absurd, grotesque times

by Hannah Strong

Death comes a-calling once more in this long-overdue sixth instalment into the most morbid horror franchise around.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Adam’s Sake – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Laura Wandel's second feature unravels the complexity of a mother-son relationship within the confines of a paediatric ward.
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Festivals

Sound of Falling – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Mascha Schilinski's beguiling drama follows four generations living in the same rural German farmhouse and the cyclical nature of their trauma.
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Review

The Accountant 2 review – tonally wild and uneven but oddly sweet

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck's autistic hitman with a gift for numbers returns in Gavin O'Connor's mismatched action thriller.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Ugly Stepsister review – a mean-spirited Cinderella story

by Hannah Strong

Emilie Blichfeldt takes on medieval beauty standards in this gory reframing of the Brothers Grimm's classic take on Cinderella.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Warfare review – war, what is it good for?

by Hannah Strong

Alex Garland teams up with Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza for an evocative but empty war film, recreating a catastrophic day in Ramadi based on the memories of Mendoza and his comrades.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Drop review – a first date with no chemistry

by Hannah Strong

A domestic abuse survivor finds herself on the first date from hell in Christopher Landon's phone-based thriller.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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