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Festivals

Neon Spring – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

A young woman with a difficult home life discovers Riga’s rave scene in Matiss Kaza’s fourth feature.
Two people dining at a table in a dimly lit restaurant, with a bottle of wine and food on the table.
Festivals

Husband – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

The trials and tribulations of one couple’s relationship are under the microscope in Devorah Baum and Josh Appignanesi’s frustrating documentary.
Two people, a man and a woman, talking in a dimly lit room with overhead lights and a wooden ceiling.
Festivals

The Narrow Road – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

Lam Sum’s Hong Kong-set Covid drama is tender but lacks incisiveness when it comes to the pandemic.
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Incoming

Albert Serra wishes you were here in the tropical trailer for Pacifiction

by Charles Bramesco

French Tahiti becomes a picturesque purgatory for a colonialist official in Serra’s panoramic latest.
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In Praise Of

The frenetic thrills of the Safdie Brothers’ second feature

by Guillermo De Querol

Before Good Time and Uncut Gems, the Safdies created an anxiety-inducing portrait of a deadbeat dad trying to keep it together.
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How wholesome songs become horrifying through cinema

by Henry Boon

The Purple People Eater is the latest in a host of seemingly innocuous tunes that have their association forever changed through horror films.
Two men in formal wear, one in a dark suit and the other in a white military-style uniform, standing in an indoor setting.
Incoming

Don’t lose your lunch at the first trailer for the puke-flecked Triangle of Sadness

by Charles Bramesco

Male models, a massive cruise liner, and a whole lot of vomit herald the coming of Ruben Östlund’s latest.
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In Praise Of

A summer with Satyajit Ray

by S. Farwah Rizvi

The BFI’s current retrospective of the Indian auteur’s cinema gave me chance to reconnect with my homeland while studying abroad.
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Festivals

Human Flowers of Flesh – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Helena Wittman’s extraordinary seafaring anti-epic is a prime contender for the big prize at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival.
Three people, two women and a child, walking along a riverfront path. The women are wearing colourful clothing, and the child is seated in a shopping trolley.
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Little Ones – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Debut director Julie Lerat-Gersant offers up a vivid character study of a pregnant teen who’s adamant to give up her baby.