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In Praise Of

The musical magic of Gold Diggers of 1933 at 90

by Julia Mueller

Mervyn LeRoy and Busby Berkeley’s classic pre-Code musical still delights almost a century later – and its success is down to a key change in how the story was bookended.
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Festivals

La Chimera – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Josh O’Connor breaks out his halting Italian as a grave-robbing rascal in Alice Rohrwacher’s divine exploration of time, history and memory.
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Kidnapped – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Italian veteran Marco Bellocchio’s adaptation of David Kertzer’s The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara is an occasionally enthralling, yet often staid and repetitive affair.
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Last Summer – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

French provocateur Catherine Breillat returns with strange film about a transgressive sexual relationship between a middle-aged lawyer and her teenage stepson.
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The problem with Blue is the Warmest Colour

by Esmé Holden

A decade since Abdellatif Kechiche’s film made history at the Cannes Film Festival, its legacy is a troubling one.
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Rien a Perdre – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

Virginie Efira delivers a typically committed performance opposite young breakout star Félix Lefebvre in this debut fiction from Delphine Deloget.
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The Pot-au-Feu – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel play late 19th century gourmands in Tran Ahn Hung’s scintillating epic of proto-foodie passions.
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Close Your Eyes – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The long-awaited return of Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice is a slow-burn marvel which climaxes in a sequence of overwhelming profundity and mystery.
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Firebrand – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Karim Aïnouz’s English language debut is a frustratingly buttoned-up take on the life of Henry VIII’s final wife, Catherine Parr.
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The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Joanna Arnow’s feature debut is a blisteringly funny take on millennial malaise and the search for reciprocal companionship.