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A Different Man – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Sebas­t­ian Stan and Adam Pear­son are an excel­lent dou­ble act in Aaron Schim­berg’s effec­tive sopho­more feature.
Two elderly individuals riding a red mobility scooter in a garden setting with lush greenery and buildings in the background.
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Thelma – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

June Squibb is a delight in this sweet com­e­dy about an irre­press­ible 93-year-old who won’t take being scammed lying down.
A young woman standing in a grassy field near a boat on a still lake, wearing a colourful dress and sleeveless shirt.
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Handling the Undead – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Three fam­i­lies reck­on with the dead return­ing from the grave in Thea Hvis­ten­dahl’s glacial hor­ror drama.
A young man and woman sitting on a couch, surrounded by a neon green lighting.
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I Saw the TV Glow – first-look review

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoen­brun’s sopho­more fea­ture is an unnerv­ing take on lone­li­ness, iso­la­tion, and the endur­ing mys­ter­ies of chil­dren’s media.
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Glasgow Film Festival announces A-grade line-up

by David Jenkins

A grand ban­quet of film has been laid out for the fes­ti­val’s 20th anniver­sary edition.
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Berlin announce exciting 2024 competition line-up

by David Jenkins

Out­go­ing artis­tic direc­tor Car­lo Cha­tri­an deliv­ers the world cin­e­ma goods for his final edi­tion at the helm.
Two individuals, a baby and an adult, lying close together, their faces visible but not identifiable. The adult is wearing glasses and a red garment.
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Between the Temples – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Jason Schwartz­man and Car­ol Kane are a mag­nif­i­cent dou­ble act in Nathan Sil­ver’s thought­ful take on grief and faith, which sees a can­tor in cri­sis reunite with his child­hood music teacher.
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Chasing Chasing Amy – first-look review

by Soma Ghosh

Sav Rodgers weaves per­son­al and pop cul­ture his­to­ry togeth­er as he unpacks the lega­cy of Kevin Smith’s 1997 roman­tic comedy.
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Janet Planet – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Annie Bak­er’s debut fea­ture about a moth­er and daugh­ter is mag­i­cal and assured dra­ma that announces the Pulitzer Prize win­ner as a film­mak­ing tal­ent as well as a lit­er­ary one.
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Green Border – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Vet­er­an film­mak­er Agniesz­ka Hol­land offers a stir­ring, stark depic­tion of the refugee sit­u­a­tion in Europe, as Syr­i­ans flee­ing war face har­row­ing inter­ro­ga­tion at the Pol­ish-Belaru­sian border.