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The Age of Consequences – first look review

by Brogan Morris

The Hurt Locker meets An Inconvenient Truth in this vital new climate change documentary.
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Sour Grapes – first look review

by Brogan Morris

There’s notes of Orson Welles’ F for Fake in this richly intoxicating wine-based con caper.
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Golden Girl – first look review

by Katy Vans

Director Susanna Edwards captures the emotional complexity of a brutal sport in this intimate portrait of ​‘the female Rocky’.
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Hooligan Sparrow – first look review

by Chris Barsanti

The opening night film of this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival shows China on a collision course with chaos.
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The five best films from the Transilvania International Film Festival 2016

by Patrick Gamble

New features from Cristi Puiu and Ali Abbasi brought a gothic flavour to this year’s festival.
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Cannes 2016 – the winners

by Little White Lies

Find out who scored the silverware as this year’s festival comes to a close.
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The Salesman – first look review

by David Jenkins

The director of A Separation and The Past heads to the Cannes competition with another intricate domestic drama.
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Cannes Film Festival 2016 – awards predictions

by David Jenkins

Team LWLies glance back over a strong competition and pick out their hot contenders for glory.
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Elle – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

Isabelle Huppert delivers a stunning, unflinching performance in this blackly comic rape-revenge thriller.
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It’s Only the End of the World – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Xavier Dolan returns to Cannes with a star-studded ensemble drama about a dysfunctional family. It’s all a bit flat.