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Three hikers silhouetted on a rocky outcrop overlooking a valley with mountains in the distance.
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Sasquatch Sunset – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This delightful anthropological comedy from the Zellner brothers documents an eventful year in the life of four ambling Sasqatch.
Two women in a garden, one wearing a sun hat and the other contemplating something while the other gestures.
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A Traveller’s Needs – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Isabelle Huppert proves she’s one of the great comic performers in this delightfully meandering character piece from Hong Sang-soo.
Lush green woodland with tall trees, couple sitting on grass
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Hors de Temps – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Olivier Assayas offers a wistful, meandering and amusingly philosophical exploration of life during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Two individuals, a young woman and an older woman, conversing in a lush garden setting with greenery and red flowers in the background.
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Meet the artist behind the Scottish Curling Championship’s stunning ice art

Hendrick’s Gin teamed up with Orla Stevens to add a splash of colour to this year’s competition.
A man with dreadlocks comforting a woman with short dark hair in a dimly lit setting.
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A Family – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Author and regular Claire Denis collaborator Christine Angot creates a harrowing portrait of a family collectively suppressing its traumas.
A man wearing a safari hat and shirt, holding a shovel.
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Dahomey – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Mati Diop offers a creative and moving guide to discussing anti-colonialist action in her very fine follow-up to 2019’s Atlantics.
Imposing sci-fi architecture with angular, layered structures in shades of grey; a person wearing a red and black jacket stands in the foreground.
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L’Empire – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A lunatic piece of sci-fi social realism in which Bruno Dumont brings flying churches and sexed-up aliens to France’s Opal Coast.
A ginger cat rests on a paved surface under a cherry blossom tree with a traditional Japanese-style building in the background.
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The Cats of Gokogu Shrine – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

In the Japanese costal town Ushimado, a colony of stray cats eke out a fraught existence alongside the human residents, documented by filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda.
Two individuals seated in a car at night, with a warm lighting illuminating their faces.
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Love Lies Bleeding – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A drifting bodybuilder and a reclusive gym employee fall hard for each other with devastating consequences in Rose Glass’s explosive thriller.
Green frog puppet and blonde female puppet together.
Home Ents

What to watch at home in February

by Anton Bitel

Killer sloths and a Kubrick classic are among the best new releases hitting physical media and digital this month.