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In Praise Of

Why I love Song Kang-ho’s performance in The Host

by Rory Doherty

In Bong Joon-ho’s thrilling monster movie, the South Korean actor is tremendous as a hapless father attempting to save his young daughter.
A man with short dark hair wearing a chequered shirt, looks surprised and is holding a gun.
In Praise Of

Why I love Carl Franklin’s One False Move

by Alexander Boucher

Franklin’s 1992 thriller about a small-town cop facing off against a murderous trio cuts to the heart of police corruption and racial otherness.
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The Oscar Goes To...

Why Fire Island deserves the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar

by Emma Fraser

Joel Kim Booster’s delightful modern take on Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice is the contemporary romance we deserve.
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Festivals

Suzume – first-look review

by Alicia Haddick

Makoto Shinkai’s third feature continues his fantastical vision with a teenage girl who accidentally opens a magical portal, but fails to make the same impact as Your Name and Weathering With You.
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Festivals

Afire – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Christian Petzold returns with something lighter, funnier and more instantly-lovable than his recent run, bringing regular leading lady Paula Beer along for the ride.
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Festivals

20,000 Species of Bees – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

A mother and gender-curious child keep bees in Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s tender drama of division, renewal and the space in between.
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In Praise Of

Stoker at 10: Park Chan-wook’s Hitchcockian fairytale

by Kevin Bui

This dark coming-of-age thriller is Park’s own scintillating twist on The Master of Suspense’s Shadow of a Doubt.
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Festivals

The Plough – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Philippe Garrel enlists his three children for this family affair, in which a family of artistic puppeteers grapple with their patriarch’s passing.
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Festivals

Love to Love You, Donna Summer – first-look review

by Anna Bogutskaya

Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and Summer’s daughter Brooklyn Sudano team up to create an intimate portrait of a conflicted and complicated artist.
Four people sitting in an old, dirty car in a desert-like setting.
Festivals

Music – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

The latest from formally-daring German filmmaker Angela Schanelec is an exciting and impenetrable take on the Oedipus myth.