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A report from the bleeding edge of non-fiction film

by Rafael Fonseca

We document the exhilarating comings and goings on the ground at London’s second Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend.
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Time in the Flesh: A Queer East Correspondence

by Jae Huang, Soumya Sharma

In col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Queer East Film Fes­ti­val, our final pair from this year’s Emerg­ing Crit­ics programme reflect on their experience.
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Temporal Sensibilities: Queering timelines and nostalgia

by Yuki Yoshikawa, Pear Nual­lak

In collaboration with the Queer East Film Festival, our second pair from the Emerging Critics cohort offer their thoughts on this year’s programme.
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This Must Be the Place: A Queer East Correspondence

by Qinghan Chen, Lydia Leung

In collaboration with the Queer East Film Festival, this year’s Emerging Critics cohort offer their responses to the film programme.
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Resurrection – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Bi Gan’s third feature is an epic in every sense of the word, taking viewers on a sprawling odyssey through cinema.
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The Mastermind – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

An art theft spells disaster for Josh O’Connor in Kelly Reichardt’s excellent Vietnam-era heist dramedy.
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The Wave – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Sebastián Lelio’s musical take on Chile’s MeToo movement is a misjudged gum-smacking mess.
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Honey Don’t! – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The second instalment of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s lesbian genre film trilogy manages to just about snag a passing grade.
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Young Mothers first-look review

by Mark Asch

Belgium’s Dardenne brothers return with a typically emotive film about a group of very young women dealing with the dramas of childbirth.
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Woman and Child – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Love and humour gives way to bitterness and rancour in this slick and involving portrait of an Iranian family in turmoil from Saeed Roustaee.
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Love on Trial – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young J‑pop singer must choose between love and stardom in Koji Fukada’s gentle romantic drama.
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Romería – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

This semiautobiographical drama from Golden Bear-winner Carla Simón makes for a heartfelt exploration on the joys and pains of extended family.