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In Praise Of

Portrait of the journalist as a young grifter: Shattered Glass at 20

by Kyle Turner

Billy Ray’s 2003 thriller about a young journalist who fabricated stories for The New Republic is a curious relic two decades on, with an undercurrent of homoerotic tension.
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Priscilla – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Sofia Coppola turns her keen eye to modern mythology, adapting Priscilla Presley’s memoir into a gorgeous, acutely sad coming-of-age drama.
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Evil Does Not Exist – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ecological drama about a small mountain village threatened by a new development is a haunting, glacial depiction of the gulf between capitalism and environmentalism.
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

William Friedkin’s final film sees Jason Clarke act as a reluctant naval lawyer in a highly irregular case, attempting to prove the innocence of a sailor accused of mutiny.
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The Killer – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

David Fincher and Se7en screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker reteam for a thriller about an assassin whose bad day at the office has nasty ramifications.
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The Beast – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Across three timelines, a pair of lovers find each other again and again in Bertrand Bonello’s ambitious, genre-defying latest.
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Aggro Dr1ft – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Harmony Korine ushers in a new experimental tack with his purposefully off-putting infra-red assassin film, which attempts to gamify cinema.
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Maestro – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Bradley Cooper’s much-feted drama about legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein proves an underwhelming exercise in by-the-book biographical drama.
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Poor Things – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with his Emma Stone for a lavish and lewd romp through a steampunk vision of Europe.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson adapts his second Roald Dahl story, this time into a rather delightful short with some beautifully rendered theatrical set pieces.