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Infinity Pool – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Alexan­der Skars­gård has a pret­ty bad trip in this vaca­tion night­mare from body hor­ror wun­derkind Bran­don Cronenberg.
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Passages – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ira Sachs returns with an inti­mate, intense three-han­der about a Fass­binder-like film direc­tor played by the great Franz Rogowski.
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The Berlin Film Fest’s 2023 lineup includes Christian Petzold, Hong Sang-soo

by Charles Bramesco

Pres­i­dent Kris­ten Stew­art will also pass judge­ment on films by Matt John­son and Angela Schanelec.
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Exploring community at the 2022 Queer Wave Film Festival

by Marina Ashioti

A thriv­ing local queer scene has been steadi­ly emerg­ing in the city of Nicosia thanks to the pro­gram­mers of Queer Wave and Sessions.
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50 Years of Manipuri Cinema at the 53rd International Film Festival of India

by Isabel Jacobs

This year’s fes­ti­val cel­e­brat­ed the rich Indi­an cin­e­ma being made out­side of pop­u­lar Bollywood.
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Strong women, dysfunctional families and a sentient car at the 2022 London Korean Film Festival

by Emma Curzon

A well-curat­ed selec­tion of gen­res and themes made for a diverse and fas­ci­nat­ing pro­gramme at this year’s festival.
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Tokyo International Film Festival celebrates the next generation of Japanese filmmaking talent

by Alicia Haddick

At the revamped Tokyo Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val, the spot­light shone bright­ly on upcom­ing Japan­ese artis­tic voices.
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Struggling fathers take the spotlight at this year’s BFI London Film Festival

by Zahra AlHadad

A trio of dra­mas explain the rela­tion­ship between fathers and chil­dren put an empha­sis on parental per­son­hood at this year’s Lon­don Film Festival.
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Medusa Deluxe – first-look review

by Jojo Ajisafe

The cut­throat world of hair­dress­ing is the set­ting for this sparky mur­der mys­tery – a debut for Thomas Hardiman.
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Exploring empathy through virtual reality at LFF

by Patrick Gamble

The 2022 LFF Expand­ed pro­gramme fea­tured a num­ber of vir­tu­al real­i­ty expe­ri­ences which aimed to con­nect audi­ences and film­mak­ers more than ever.