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Festivals

Two Prosecutors – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ukrain­ian film­mak­er Sergei Loznit­sa returns with this dark tale of Stal­in­ist oppres­sion that is very rel­e­vant for these cur­rent times.
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Festivals

What to watch at the first ever SXSW London festival

We delve into the juicy screen offer­ings that are com­ing to the cap­i­tal this June, from pre­mieres to indus­try pan­els and more.
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Festivals

Adam’s Sake – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Lau­ra Wan­del’s sec­ond fea­ture unrav­els the com­plex­i­ty of a moth­er-son rela­tion­ship with­in the con­fines of a pae­di­atric ward.
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Festivals

Sound of Falling – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Mascha Schilin­ski’s beguil­ing dra­ma fol­lows four gen­er­a­tions liv­ing in the same rur­al Ger­man farm­house and the cycli­cal nature of their trauma.
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Long Read

Do Not Seek the Treasure: The Coen Brothers’ Anti-Capitalist Critique

by Aisling Walsh

Through­out their joint film­mak­ing efforts, Joel and Ethan Coen have remained inter­est­ed in the lengths peo­ple are will­ing to go to for a lit­tle bit of money.
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Festivals

Enzo – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Robin Campil­lo com­plet­ed this final fea­ture by Lau­rent Can­tet, a beau­ti­ful, bit­ter­sweet study of a teenage boy find­ing his way in life.
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Festivals

Challenging representation and centring trans community and craft at TITE 2025

by Eli Cugini

The first edi­tion of the Trans Image / Trans Expe­ri­ence Fes­ti­val (TITE) in Dublin show­cas­es the mul­ti­tudes con­tained in the trans com­mu­ni­ty while pro­vid­ing a vital sense of safe­ty at a time of soci­etal hostility.
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In Praise Of

The enduring horror of Kiss Me Deadly

by Fred Barrett

As Robert Aldrich’s 1955 noir turns 75, the film lives on in the work of Cro­nen­berg, Lynch and many more.
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Inside TGirlsOnFilm: An archive for the future of Trans cinema

by Xoey Fourr

A quick-wit­ted one-woman pro­gram­ming col­lec­tive offers sis­ter­ly guid­ance for audi­ences tra­vers­ing the com­pli­cat­ed, mis­un­der­stood his­to­ry of Trans femme nar­ra­tives in film.
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In Praise Of

Was Crumb right?

by Soham Gadre

As Ter­ry Zwigof­f’s doc­u­men­tary about the stub­born­ly under­ground com­ic artist Robert Crumb turns 30, we con­sid­er his scep­ti­cism regard­ing the inter­sec­tion of art and capitalism.