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A woman with long blonde hair holding a gun in a dark setting.
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Baltimore – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Imo­gen Poots shines in this angu­lar, frag­ment­ed por­trait of Eng­lish rose-turned-fire­brand activist Rose Dug­dale from Irish film­mak­ers Joe Lawlor and Chris­tine Molloy.
A man sitting on the ground, hugging his knees in a forest setting. He appears pensive, with a serious expression on his face.
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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Raven Jack­son’s fea­ture debut announces a strik­ing visu­al tal­ent, fol­low­ing the sto­ry of a young wom­an’s life in rur­al Mississippi.
A black and white image showing a group of people queuing outside a shop window, some wearing suits or casual clothing.
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Celluloid Underground – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This fas­ci­nat­ing and melan­choly doc­u­men­tary sees an Iran­ian exile in Lon­don look­ing back to the stranger-than-fic­tion roots of his for­ma­tive cinephelia.
Couple embracing on hillside overlooking rural landscape.
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Un Amor – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This steamy and gid­di­ly uneven rur­al romance from Span­ish film­mak­er Isabel Coix­et is almost saved by Laia Costa’s com­mit­ted cen­tral performance.
A man applying face paint, looking intently in a mirror. His face is partially covered in bright red paint.
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Kalak – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This Green­land-set dra­ma from Dan­ish direc­tor Isabel­la Eklöf, about a hus­band and father deal­ing with the trau­ma of abuse, makes for oppres­sive­ly grim and only occa­sion­al­ly rev­e­la­to­ry viewing.
B&W image shows a group of people at a formal event. An older woman in a satin dress speaks with a smiling man.
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Inside the South African film festival challenging perceptions of Afrikaans cinema

by John Besche

Now in its eleventh year, Cape Town’s Sil­w­erskermfees aims to shine a light on the diver­si­ty and tal­ent at the heart of the Afrikaans-speak­ing film­mak­ing community.
Three people, two men and one woman, walking together on a path in a green, wooded area.
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A Silence – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Reli­able Bel­gian direc­tor Joachim Lafos­se serves up more lurid scan­dal sheet fod­der in this dis­mal tale of a wife and moth­er try­ing to sweep her husband’s vile trans­gres­sions under the rug.
Three suited men, one older with glasses, sitting in the back of a car.
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Ex-Husbands – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ami­able Amer­i­can com­e­dy of dent­ed male egos in which Grif­fin Dunne’s recent divorcee acci­den­tal­ly crash­es his son’s bach­e­lor party.
Cosy domestic scene with a person lying on a sofa in a living room with bookshelves and potted plants.
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MMXX – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The lat­est from Roman­ian film­mak­er Cristi Puiu com­pris­es four salty slices of pan­dem­ic-era life which range from the out­ward­ly com­ic to the overt­ly grizzly.
A shirtless man striking a fighting pose in a wooded outdoor setting, wearing camouflage trousers.
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Boy Kills World – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

A deaf-mute young man swears revenge on the group that mur­dered his fam­i­ly in Moritz Mohr’s blood­thirsty but tedious direc­to­r­i­al debut.