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Disclaimer – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Alfon­so Cuarón’s lim­it­ed series star­ring Cate Blanchett as a famous doc­u­men­tar­i­an with a dark secret is a sur­pris­ing show­case for Kevin Kline.
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Kill the Jockey – first-look review

by Anahit Behrooz

A down-on-his-luck jock­ey sees a chance to rein­vent him­self in Luis Orte­ga’s wacky black comedy.
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Maria – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Angeli­na Jolie has nev­er been bet­ter as the leg­endary opera singer Maria Callas, cap­tured in the final week of her life by Pablo Lar­raín’s ele­gant bio­graph­i­cal drama.
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The Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend highlights the infinite possibilities of documentary

by Marina Ashioti

Fea­tur­ing films by Joan­na Arnow and Miryam Charles, the inau­gur­al Cre­ative Non­fic­tion Film Week­end at Lon­don’s Gen­e­sis Cin­e­ma cel­e­brates all the strange and cre­ative forms that doc­u­men­tary films can take.
Three photographs of people, possibly from a film, displayed in a filmstrip format. The images show close-up portraits of individuals with dark, edgy hairstyles and clothing. The photographs are overlaid with colourful markings, creating a visually striking and edgy composition.
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Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Car­la J Eas­t­on and Blair Young’s infor­ma­tive doc­u­men­tary about Scot­land’s unsung musi­cal pio­neers strikes an impact­ful chord.
Two young men relaxing in a grassy field.
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Lilies Not For Me – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Will Seefried’s con­fi­dent debut fea­ture tack­les a dev­as­tat­ing, over­looked his­to­ry through queer romance in the 1920s.
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*smiles and kisses you* – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

A man’s com­pli­cat­ed rela­tion­ship with an AI-pow­ered doll is the sub­ject of this odd­ly mov­ing yet moral­ly grey documentary.
A man with curly hair wearing a dark jacket speaking on stage before a large screen displaying the word "Skk".
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SXSW is making its way to London

by Little White Lies

The Austin peren­ni­al is mak­ing its way across the Atlantic and for a brand new cul­tur­al showcase.
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Dancing and different ways of seeing at Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival

by Xuanlin Tham

In the Scot­tish bor­ders, this bold inde­pen­dent film fes­ti­val cham­pi­ons new ways of see­ing, with a 2024 focus on the work of Pales­tin­ian artist Noor Abed.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig – first-look review

by Mark Asch

An Iran­ian judge appoint­ed to Tehran’s Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Court grap­ples with dis­sent both at work and at home in Moham­mad Rasoulof’s polit­i­cal­ly charged thriller.