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Mark Jenkin and Mia Hansen-Løve will unveil new films at the 54th Directors’ Fortnight

by David Jenkins

They’ll be joined by fel­low lumi­nar­ies Alex Gar­land and Pietro Mar­cel­lo when the Quin­zaine returns to Cannes next month.
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Claire Denis and David Cronenberg headline the 2022 Cannes Film Festival

by David Jenkins

This year’s stacked line-up also includes new work Kel­ly Reichardt, Ruben Ostlünd and Park Chan-wook – but no David Lynch.
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Discover the learning disability film festival changing disabled representation

by Celestine Fraser

Oska Bright Film Fes­ti­val is offer­ing a bold, inspir­ing vision for how dis­abil­i­ty can be rep­re­sent­ed on and off the screen.
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Bodies Bodies Bodies – first-look review

by Erin Brady

A killer cast slash­es through a dis­as­trous hur­ri­cane par­ty in a raunchy and fun romp meant for a theatre.
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Looking back to move forward at BFI Flare 2022

by Emily Maskell

This year’s BFI Flare Film Fes­ti­val encour­aged the LGBTQIA+ com­mu­ni­ty to reflect on the past in order to build a bet­ter future.
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Soft & Quiet – first-look review

by Erin Brady

Beth de Araújo takes view­ers into a white suprema­cist night­mare in her ter­ri­fy­ing yet stag­ger­ing direc­to­r­i­al debut.
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Spin Me Round – first-look review

by Annie Lyons

A tal­ent­ed cast includ­ing Ali­son Brie and Aubrey Plaza can’t save Jeff Bae­na’s Ital­ian sojourn from tak­ing a sour turn towards the tedious.
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Escape to the Silver Globe – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

A Pol­ish doc­u­men­tary explores the his­to­ry and artis­tic trau­ma sur­round­ing Andrzej Żuławski’s frag­ment­ed sci-fi mag­num opus.
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A House Made of Splinters – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Pre­scient and deeply affect­ing Ukraine-set doc explor­ing the lives of chil­dren dis­placed by the coun­try’s 2014 invasion.
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A handful of pre-announcements foretell a robust Cannes slate

by Charles Bramesco

A hand­ful of big names — Elvis! George Miller! Tom Cruise! — have been locked in pri­or to the offi­cial selection.