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De Humani Corporis Fabrica – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s humanist portrait of care, surgery and technology is one of the highlights of Cannes 2022.
A woman in a wheelchair using a mobile phone and smoking a cigarette, with a polka dot scarf covering her face.
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Sick of Myself – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A narcissistic couple engage in a constant game of one-upmanship in Kristoffer Borgli’s disappointingly one-note feature.
Two people, a woman and a man, stand in a dim, warm-toned room with books on shelves behind them.
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Crimes of the Future – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

David Cronenberg’s return to filmmaking can’t quite deliver on its promise that surgery is the new sex.
Adolescent boy in striped jumper reading comics in a shop.
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Funny Pages – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A teenage cartoonist searches for authenticity in writer/​director Owen Kline’s pleasingly grubby debut feature.
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Moonage Daydream – first-look review

by Ed Gibbs

This multi-sensory look at David Bowie’s life and career is an all-consuming affair that explores and safeguards the man’s legacy.
Two people, a man and a woman, looking intently at each other in a dimly lit room.
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Decision to Leave – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A police detective forms a dangerous bond with a woman suspected of murdering her husband in Park Chan-wook’s swooning crime drama.
Two people with their heads close together, a blonde woman and a dark-haired man, looking contemplative in an outdoor setting.
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Forever Young – first-look review

by Steph Green

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi mines her memories attending the prestigious Théâtre des Amandiers for this nostalgia-soaked drama.
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The Super 8 Years – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Annie Ernaux and her son David piece together a magical home movie essay on marriage, motherhood and the whole damn thing.
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The Five Devils – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

A family’s quiet mountain life is disrupted by the arrival of a relative in Lea Mysius’ beguiling second feature.
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The films of David Cronenberg – ranked

by Marina Ashioti, Charles Bramesco, David Jenkins, Hannah Strong

With a new feature film out in the world, we celebrate the corporeal classics of the Canadian body horror maestro.