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A woman in a black and orange coat interacting with a white robot in an indoor setting.
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Caught by the Tides – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The Chinese maestro delivers his greatest film in this cut-and-paste jukebox musical melodrama.
A middle-aged man with an angry expression, gesticulating while driving a car.
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The Surfer – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Nicolas Cage stars as a man who comes a cropper of a local surfer gang in Lorcan Finnigan’s unsuccessful psychological thriller.
A young man with curly hair wearing a checked shirt and holding a camera stands in a grassy field.
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Oh, Canada – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A celebrated documentary filmmaker makes a deathbed confession in Paul Schrader’s adaptation of Russell Bank’s novel Foregone.
Two young people, a man and a woman, standing close together in a dimly lit urban setting.
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Kinds of Kindness – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos returns with another scorcher in this innovative and darkly comic trio of films about spiritual domination.
Man in a suit pointing a gun at the camera in a dramatic, cinematic setting with yellow lighting.
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Megalopolis – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ignore the haters – this is the kaleidoscopic, enriching, Wellsian vision of a grand old master with nothing to lose.
Person floating face up in water, eyes closed, arms spread out.
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Bird – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Andrea Arnold returns with a flighty kitchen sink reverie that sadly falls from grace in a muddled second half.
Heavily-jewelled headdress worn by a person with dark sunglasses and a black outfit, set against a dimly lit background.
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On Becoming A Guinea Fowl – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

The death of a beloved uncle in a middle-class Zambian family brings some difficult truths to light in Rungano Nyoni’s surreal second feature.
Monochrome image depicting a crowd of people wearing hats and coats, with a woman in the centre standing out from the group.
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The Girl with the Needle – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Magnus Von Horn brings subtlety and empathy to the serial killer genre in this extraordinary true-life yarn.
Two women in a cluttered room, one standing at a computer desk, the other crouching on the floor. Bright colours and low lighting create an intimate, dimly lit atmosphere.
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Wild Diamond – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young woman with her heart set on social media stardom gets a shot at fame when she’s offered an audition for a reality series in Agathe Riedinger’s feature debut.
Two people, a woman with long blonde hair and a man with curly dark hair, standing close and facing each other in an indoor setting.
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The Second Act – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The opening film of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival offers a limp metafictional critique of the modern film industry.