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Guy Maddin is bringing a new augmented-reality project to London Film Festival

by Charles Bramesco

He’s leading today’s wave of announcements concerning the ​‘LFF Expanded’ programme of immersive art forms.
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Neon Spring – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

A young woman with a difficult home life discovers Riga’s rave scene in Matiss Kaza’s fourth feature.
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Husband – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

The trials and tribulations of one couple’s relationship are under the microscope in Devorah Baum and Josh Appignanesi’s frustrating documentary.
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The Narrow Road – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

Lam Sum’s Hong Kong-set Covid drama is tender but lacks incisiveness when it comes to the pandemic.
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Human Flowers of Flesh – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Helena Wittman’s extraordinary seafaring anti-epic is a prime contender for the big prize at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival.
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Little Ones – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Debut director Julie Lerat-Gersant offers up a vivid character study of a pregnant teen who’s adamant to give up her baby.
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Fairytale – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Alexander Sokurov offers a collegial walking tour through limbo with Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Churchill. It’s completely mad.
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Narratives of conflict at the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

by Isabel Jacobs

Armenia’s flagship film festival provided a platform for filmmakers to reflect on various wars, although there were some curious absences.
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The Venice Film Festival unveils a jam-packed lineup for 2022

by Charles Bramesco

The Lido will be perfectly happy to host the buzzy Netflix films banned from Cannes.
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A cavalcade of big names have been tipped for a stuffed Venice Film Festival

by Charles Bramesco

Luca Guadagnino, Andrew Dominik, Olivia Wilde, and many others are rumored to be locks for the Lido.