Contributor Leila Latif

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Review

I’m Your Woman

by Leila Latif

Rachel Brosnahan sheds her Mrs Maisel shtick in this compelling road movie about a woman on the run.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Brandon Cronenberg: ‘We built a wax Andrea Riseborough’

by Leila Latif

The genre prodigy talks perfect casting and practical effects in his latest shocker, Possessor.
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Review

Possessor

by Leila Latif

Brandon Cronenberg follows up his impressive debut Antiviral with a visceral slice of hallucinatory ultraviolence.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Love Child

by Leila Latif

Eva Mulvad’s moving docudrama sees an Iranian couple flee their home to follow their hearts.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a terrifying look at the banality of evil

by Leila Latif

John McNaughton’s infamous 1986 horror possesses a raw nihilistic power and uncompromising brutality.
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Review

The Painter and the Thief

by Leila Latif

A Czech artist develops an unlikely bond with the man who stole her work in this compassionate documentary.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Witches

by Leila Latif

Roald Dahl’s timeless children’s story is reimagined as a saccharine caper – but at least the cast are having fun.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins

by Leila Latif

A roistering doc profile of the late, liberal tub-thumper who worked at The New York Times.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

One Man and His Shoes

by Leila Latif

This intriguing documentary explores the intersection between African American culture and basketball sneakers.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Cordelia

by Leila Latif

Sporadically absorbing psychodrama in which a traumatised woman has a fling with her mysterious neighbour.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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