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Midnight in Austin: four world premieres at SXSW 2023

by Anton Bitel

Mur­der­ous teens, strange growths and tele­vi­sion-haunt­ing ghosts are on the bill in SXSW’s mid­night movies slate.
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Bottoms – first-look review

by Lex Briscuso

Ayo Edibiri and Rachel Sen­nott star as teenagers who start an all-female fight club at their high school in Emma Selig­man’s raunchy sopho­more feature.
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Croisette wishes: 20 films we’d like to see at Cannes in 2023

by Charles Bramesco

Mar­tin Scors­ese, Wes Ander­son, and Pedro Almod­ó­var num­ber among the heavy hit­ters expect­ed on the red carpet.
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Sanctuary – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Mar­garet Qual­ley and Christo­pher Abbott act out their fan­tasies in Zachary Wigon’s thriller about a dom­i­na­trix and her wealthy client.
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BlackBerry – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Cana­di­an indie film­mak­er Matt John­son crafts an off­beat dra­ma about the cre­ation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.
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Notre Corps – first-look review

by Carly Mattox

Set with­in a Parisian gyne­co­log­i­cal clin­ic, Claire Simon’s pow­er­ful doc­u­men­tary focus­es on the myr­i­ad sto­ries of patients who seek advice and care.
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Suzume – first-look review

by Alicia Haddick

Mako­to Shinkai’s third fea­ture con­tin­ues his fan­tas­ti­cal vision with a teenage girl who acci­den­tal­ly opens a mag­i­cal por­tal, but fails to make the same impact as Your Name and Weath­er­ing With You.
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Afire – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Chris­t­ian Pet­zold returns with some­thing lighter, fun­nier and more instant­ly-lov­able than his recent run, bring­ing reg­u­lar lead­ing lady Paula Beer along for the ride.
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20,000 Species of Bees – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

A moth­er and gen­der-curi­ous child keep bees in Estibal­iz Urreso­la Solaguren’s ten­der dra­ma of divi­sion, renew­al and the space in between.
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The Plough – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Philippe Gar­rel enlists his three chil­dren for this fam­i­ly affair, in which a fam­i­ly of artis­tic pup­peteers grap­ple with their patri­arch’s passing.