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The Beast – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Across three time­lines, a pair of lovers find each oth­er again and again in Bertrand Bonel­lo’s ambi­tious, genre-defy­ing latest.
A masked person in a red and green costume holding a firearm in a blue-tinted setting.
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Aggro Dr1ft – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Har­mo­ny Korine ush­ers in a new exper­i­men­tal tack with his pur­pose­ful­ly off-putting infra-red assas­sin film, which attempts to gam­i­fy cinema.
Two people embrace, a man and a woman, both smiling. The image is in black and white.
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Maestro – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Bradley Coop­er’s much-fet­ed dra­ma about leg­endary com­pos­er and con­duc­tor Leonard Bern­stein proves an under­whelm­ing exer­cise in by-the-book bio­graph­i­cal drama.
Young woman in a flowing orange skirt dancing in a formal ballroom setting, with other people visible in the background.
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Poor Things – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos reunites with his Emma Stone for a lav­ish and lewd romp through a steam­punk vision of Europe.
An elderly man wearing a grey suit stands between two younger men in white coats, with other people visible in the background of a hospital setting.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Wes Ander­son adapts his sec­ond Roald Dahl sto­ry, this time into a rather delight­ful short with some beau­ti­ful­ly ren­dered the­atri­cal set pieces.
Two men engaged in an intense, passionate argument, their faces illuminated by warm orange lighting.
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All of Us Strangers – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are elec­tric in Andrew Haigh’s twist on the mod­ern ghost sto­ry, adapt­ed from Taichi Yamada’s cult novel.
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Ferrari – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Michael Man­n’s long-await­ed Enzo Fer­rari biopic is a dis­ap­point­ing­ly con­ven­tion­al and sur­pris­ing­ly rough por­trait of an auto­mo­tive icon.
Man in fur-lined coat and naval cap, black and white image.
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El Conde – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Pablo Lar­raín imag­ines Augus­to Pinochet as an aged vam­pire crav­ing death in his goth­ic satire, which marks his first for­ay into horror.
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The full BFI London Film Festival 2023 line-up has been announced

by Marina Ashioti

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos’ Poor Things and Emer­ald Fennell’s Salt­burn are among the picks of this year’s bumper LFF crop.
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Baan – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

In Leonor Teles’s enig­mat­ic sec­ond fea­ture, spa­tial exper­i­men­ta­tion becomes geo­graph­ic gap-bridg­ing material.