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Three people, a man, a woman, and a boy, sitting together outdoors on a bench, smiling.
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One Fine Morning – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Léa Sey­doux plays a strug­gling sin­gle moth­er in a dra­ma that’s not to Mia Hansen-Løve’s usu­al lofty standards.
A woman in a fancy dress, wearing a sparkling crown and ornate necklace, holding a white gloved hand near her face against a countryside backdrop.
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Corsage – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

Marie Kreutzer’s bril­liant por­trait of a woman on the brink is a refresh­ing take on the often tedious peri­od dra­ma concept.
Elderly man and woman sitting on a park bench, autumn leaves around them.
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Armageddon Time – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young boy nav­i­gates fam­i­ly and friend­ship dur­ing a time of social upheaval in James Gray’s ten­der semi-auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal latest.
Two people, a woman and a child, embracing in a grassy field with mountains and trees in the background.
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The Eight Mountains – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Felix van Groenin­gen and Char­lotte Van­der­meer­sch’s is a poignant study of the friend­ship between two young men across four decades.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing outside a building. The man wears a khaki jacket, while the woman wears a black jumper. They appear to be in a rural or outdoor setting.
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God’s Creatures – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Emi­ly Wat­son and Paul Mescal enter into a bat­tle of moth­er-son wills in this gor­geous­ly-mount­ed but uno­rig­i­nal Irish thriller.
A young girl with dark hair wearing a black coat, standing by a window and looking contemplative.
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Tchaikovsky’s Wife – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Kir­ill Sere­bren­nikov focus­es on the rela­tion­ship between one of Russia’s great­est com­posers and his ador­ing, but unloved, partner.
Colourful people in a park, man in vibrant floral shirt, woman with blue hair and piercings, person in black holding another person.
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Final Cut – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Michel Haz­anavi­cius comes up short in his under­pow­ered remake of Shinichi­rou Ueda’s zom-com, One Cut of the Dead
A woman with dark hair stands in a wooded area, leaning against a tree trunk and looking at the camera with a serious expression.
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Scarlet – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pietro Mar­cel­lo adapts Alexan­der Grin’s fairy tale about a pover­ty-strick­en fam­i­ly with breath­tak­ing results.
Two people sitting on a rocky shoreline, one person pointing at the other while they look at each other.
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Quiet defiance in JE Tiglao’s Metamorphosis

by Jason Tan Liwag

This land­mark film receives its UK pre­mière at Queer East Film Fes­ti­val, but its jour­ney has been a tumul­tuous one.
Two individuals, a man and a woman, standing together outdoors in a wooded area.
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Hot Docs’ far-reaching programme imagines a clean, free and just future

by Michelle Krasovitski

The Toron­to-based doc­u­men­tary festival’s 2022 edi­tion looks to the past for ideas of how we might build a brighter tomorrow.