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The Edinburgh International Film Festival returns following two virtual editions

by Molly Mortimer

A new cre­ative direc­tor, new pro­gramme strands and a new vision promise a big return for the world’s old­est film festival.
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London Film Festival 2022 opens with Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

by David Jenkins

Emma Thomp­son and Lashana Lynch star in one of the first big movie announce­ments of the Autumn fes­ti­val season.
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The ghosts of the Transylvania International Film Festival

by Tim Brinkhof

A dis­patch from TIFF 2022, and how the past looms large over Roman­ian film culture.
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The BFI’s new Film on Film Festival is a celluloid fetishist’s dream

by Charles Bramesco

The 2023 pro­ceed­ings will fea­ture a bevy of clas­sics pro­ject­ed on good ol’ 35mm, 16mm, and 70mm.
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Mother and Son – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Léonor Ser­raille comes good with her nov­el­is­tic sec­ond fea­ture about an immi­grant fam­i­ly fight­ing for sur­vival in France.
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Showing Up – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

Michelle Williams excels as a sculp­tor whose atten­tion is sapped by col­leagues and fam­i­ly in Kel­ly Reichardt’s ambi­ent social satire.
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Pacifiction – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Albert Ser­ra returns with an apoc­a­lyp­tic saga set in Tahi­ti in one of his most accom­plished and mature films to date.
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Close – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Lukas Dhont’s sec­ond fea­ture focus­es on the friend­ship between two boys, and the tragedy that changes the tra­jec­to­ry of their lives.
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Broker – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

A woman who leaves her infant son in a Busan ​“baby box” finds an unex­pect­ed fam­i­ly in Hirokazu Koreeda’s ten­der drama.
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The Stars at Noon – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Claire Denis adapts Denis Johnson’s 1986 nov­el about love in a time of rev­o­lu­tion – with fas­ci­nat­ing, if not entire­ly suc­cess­ful, results.