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No one can be trusted in the first trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave

by Charles Bramesco

A cop investigating a murder in a wind-swept mountain town falls for the victim’s widow in the Cannes prize-winner.
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Festivals

Empire of Light – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Olivia Colman channels her inner Anna Karina in director Sam Mendes’ mawkish ode to the magic of the movies.
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Festivals

A Jazzman’s Blues – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Tyler Perry tries his hand at serious-minded filmmaking with this overwrought Deep South melodrama.
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Festivals

The Greatest Beer Run Ever – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Zac Efron goes on a mission to bring tinnies to the troops in this banter‑y Vietnam War movie misfire from Peter Farrelly.
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In Praise Of

In Praise of Eastern Promises

by Rose Dymock

As David Cronenberg’s gangster flick turns 15, it remains a refreshing depiction of London’s underbelly.
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Home Ents

Discover the radical energy of this unsettling psychodrama

by Anton Bitel

Jonathan Weiss offers an unconventional and disturbing adaptation of J.G Ballard’s ​‘unadaptable’ work of experimental fiction.
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Festivals

Devotion – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell star as Navy pilots in JD Dillard’s superficial rendering of America’s forgotten war.
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Festivals

Susie Searches – first-look review

by Ryan Coleman

Sophie Kargman attempts to expand her 2020 short film into a feature-length picture, with mixed results.
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Festivals

How to Blow Up a Pipeline – first-look review

by Mark Asch

A group of activists take radical action against climate change in Daniel Goldhaber’s eco-thriller.
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In Praise Of

Films to last a lifetime – RIP Jean-Luc Godard

by David Jenkins

In memory of one of cinema’s most formidable and pathfinding talents, who has died at the age of 91.