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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.
A collage of scenes from a film, including a man in traditional Japanese dress, a woman in a revealing dress, and various other characters in action.
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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.
Man in a flat cap, wearing a brown coat, standing in a snowy street next to a parked car.
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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.
A young woman wearing a red jacket and shorts stands in the middle of a crowd of people lying on the ground.
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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.
A woman in a long, red floral dress stands in front of a building with a "Gym's" sign. A car is visible in the background.
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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.
Several people, including a pregnant woman, gathered in a room, with a clock on the wall.
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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.
Two young people sitting by a window, one reading a book and the other smoking a cigarette.
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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.
Two people, a young man and woman, with serious expressions, looking intently at each other.
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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.
A young woman with curly hair pointing a gun directly at the camera.
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Heads or Tails? – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Mat­teo Zop­pis deliv­er a spir­it­ed west­ern bal­lad about a young woman seek­ing free­dom and her dar­ing lover.
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Sorry, Baby – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A bril­liant young aca­d­e­m­ic strug­gles to come to terms with the after­math of a sex­u­al assault in Eva Vic­tor’s mov­ing dramedy.