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The Sweet East – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Talia Ryder stars as a high school stu­dent who becomes embroiled in var­i­ous pre­car­i­ous sit­u­a­tions on the east coast of Amer­i­ca in Sean Price Williams’ fea­ture debut.
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Monster – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s lat­est, scored by the late Ryuichi Sakamo­to, is a dense, shape-shift­ing dra­ma that grows more scat­tered as it progresses.
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Occupied City – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Steve McQueen’s doc­u­men­tary con­trast­ing present-day Ams­ter­dam with its past occu­pa­tion by the Nazis is a tes­ta­ment to the chang­ing face of history.
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The Director’s Fortnight and Critic’s Week sidebars bolster a packed Cannes

by Charles Bramesco

Films from Michel Gondry, Manoel de Oliveira, and a slew of new­com­ers will play along­side the Offi­cial Selec­tion announced last week.
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Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Glazer, and Wes Anderson lead the 2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup

by Charles Bramesco

The Com­pe­ti­tion selec­tion also includes new works from Cather­ine Breil­lat and Todd Haynes.
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Saunas, Funkytown and the consciousness of plants at CPH:DOX 2023

by Chris Cassingham

A raft of inno­v­a­tive and thought­ful world pre­mieres stood out at Copen­hagen’s annu­al doc­u­men­tary fes­ti­val, which moves from autumn to spring.
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Queer people are stronger together at BFI Flare 2023

by Emma Curzon

This year’s cel­e­bra­tion of queer cin­e­ma empha­sised the pow­er of com­mu­ni­ty and inclusivity.
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Flamin’ Hot – first-look review

by Weiting Liu

Eva Lon­go­ria drama­tis­es the inven­tion of Amer­i­ca’s beloved spicy snack food in her charm­ing fea­ture debut.
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I Used to Be Funny – first-look review

by Weiting Liu

A young woman strug­gles to come to terms with her PTSD while the child she used to nan­ny goes miss­ing in Ally Panki­w’s direc­to­r­i­al debut.
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Problemista – first-look review

by Lex Briscuso

Los Espookys’ Julio Tor­res makes the leap to film with a sur­re­al, touch­ing com­e­dy about a Sal­vado­ran immi­grant, co-star­ring Til­da Swinton.