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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.
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Personality Crisis: One Night Only — first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

New York Dolls frontman David Johansen takes the stage in Martin Scorsese’s latest music doc.
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Klokkenluider – first-look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

Actor Neil Maskell makes his debut as a filmmaker with this spiky thriller.
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Women Talking – first-look review

by Saffron Maeve

A group of women meet in secret to discuss escaping their abusive, isolated colony in Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Towes’ novel.
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I Love My Dad – first-look review

by Callie Petch

A father impersonates a young woman online in a bid to get closer to his son in James Morosini’s promising but frustrating debut.
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A Cooler Climate – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

James Ivory reminisces about a youthful year spent in Afghanistan with this cozy archival documentary.
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My Father’s Dragon – first-look review

by Callie Petch

Cartoon Saloon return with a poignant tale of a boy who sets out on a quest to find a dragon in peril.
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Walk Up – first-look review

by Weiting Liu

A filmmaker and his estranged daughter visit an old friend in Hong Sang-soo’s latest riff on the connection between art and romance.
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Mutzenbacher – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Ruth Beckermann enlists a hundred men to read passages from the controversial 19th century novel Josefine Mutzenbacher: The Life Story of a Viennese Whore.