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Silhouetted hikers against sunset sky, rugged terrain in background.
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Bruiser – first-look review

by Alexandria Slater

Miles War­ren explores the dichoto­my of nature vs nur­ture through a lost teenager’s long­ing for pater­nal guidance.
Two people, a woman and a man, facing each other with serious expressions.
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Prisoner’s Daughter – first-look review

by Alexandria Slater

Bri­an Cox plays a dying con­vict try­ing to free him­self from the prison of his past through for­give­ness of his daugh­ter in Cather­ine Hardwicke’s for­mu­la­ic fam­i­ly drama.
A smiling person in a car, their eyes closed and head tilted back.
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Something You Said Last Night – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Luis De Fil­ip­pis’ film is a great addi­tion to a trans­gen­der cin­e­mat­ic canon in that it refus­es to rely on overt explo­rations of trauma.
Two figures in a dark, moody scene; one person gently supporting the other's head.
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1976 – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

This sear­ing­ly intense char­ac­ter study sees a woman ques­tion­ing her cosy bour­geois lifestyle in Pinochet’s Chile.
A woman with dark hair and red jacket smiling in a dimly lit room.
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Empire of Light – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Olivia Col­man chan­nels her inner Anna Kari­na in direc­tor Sam Mendes’ mawk­ish ode to the mag­ic of the movies.
Silhouetted figure playing trumpet on stage, with dramatic lighting and shadows.
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A Jazzman’s Blues – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Tyler Per­ry tries his hand at seri­ous-mind­ed film­mak­ing with this over­wrought Deep South melodrama.
Man with moustache wearing a checked shirt and leaning against a wall.
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Zac Efron goes on a mis­sion to bring tin­nies to the troops in this banter‑y Viet­nam War movie mis­fire from Peter Farrelly.
Two men, one in a flight suit and the other in a leather jacket, talking beside an aircraft.
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Devotion – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Jonathan Majors and Glen Pow­ell star as Navy pilots in JD Dil­lard’s super­fi­cial ren­der­ing of America’s for­got­ten war.
A person with curly hair seen through a window in a dark room, their face partially illuminated by a source of light.
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Susie Searches – first-look review

by Ryan Coleman

Sophie Kargman attempts to expand her 2020 short film into a fea­ture-length pic­ture, with mixed results.
Smoky industrial chimneys emitting flames against a grey winter sky, with a lone person walking on a snowy beach in the foreground.
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline – first-look review

by Mark Asch

A group of activists take rad­i­cal action against cli­mate change in Daniel Gold­haber’s eco-thriller.