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Two people, likely men, sitting on a wooden structure outdoors against a blurred background.
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One Second – first look review

by Daniel Schindel

A return to form for China’s Zhang Yimou with this tale of a vil­lage attempt­ing to restore a dam­aged movie reel.
A smiling woman with long, dark hair and bangs looks directly at the camera.
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Jagged – first-look review

by Sydney Urbanek

Ali­son Klay­man delves into the ori­gins and lega­cy of Ala­nis Morissette’s ground­break­ing album ​‘Jagged Lit­tle Pill’.
A man in military uniform, wearing a peaked cap, coat, and belt, standing in a dimly lit setting.
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Benediction – first-look review

by Adam Woodward

Ter­ence Davies’ hand­some biopic of the poet Siegfried Sas­soon is a lament for lost youth and stolen love.
Two men seated on a sofa, one older man with glasses and one younger man.
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The Humans – first-look review

by Saffron Maeve

Stephen Karam adapts his own Tony Award-win­ning fam­i­ly dra­ma with the help of an impres­sive ensem­ble cast.
Two young women, one with dark hair and the other with lighter hair, facing each other in a dimly lit room.
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The Mad Woman’s Ball – first-look review

by Erin Brady

A woman who sees spir­its is com­mit­ted to a psy­chi­atric hos­pi­tal in this book adap­ta­tion by Mélanie Laurent.
Three men standing in a rocky, mountainous landscape.
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Encounter – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Riz Ahmed is a father on a mis­sion to save his sons from an extrater­res­tri­al threat in Michael Pearce’s com­plex sci-fi drama.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing in front of a blue car at night. The man has grey hair and is wearing a light blue shirt, while the woman has blonde hair and is wearing a beige blouse.
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The Forgiven – first-look review

by Saffron Maeve

Jes­si­ca Chas­tain and Ralph Fiennes spend a fate­ful week­end in Moroc­co in John Michael McDonagh’s scabrous class satire.
Woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a light-coloured dress, reclining on a sofa with pillows.
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye – first look review

by Charles Bramesco

Jes­si­ca Chas­tain goes all-out in Michael Showalter’s super­fi­cial biopic of tel­e­van­ge­list Tam­my Faye Messner.
Intricate wire frame encapsulating head, dark tones and contours.
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Neptune Frost – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Saul Williams and Anisia Uzey­man pon­der post-coloni­sa­tion in this per­cus­sive, tran­scen­den­tal Afro­fu­tur­ist musical.
A young person with dark hair being held by the face by an adult hand, wearing a yellow top.
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Earwig – first-look review

by Saffron Maeve

A mid­dle-aged man tends to a young girl with ice den­tures in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s ellip­ti­cal Eng­lish-lan­guage debut.