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The Power of the Dog – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jane Cam­pi­on doesn’t so much dis­sect mas­culin­i­ty as explode it in her dirt-smudged adap­ta­tion of Thomas Savage’s western.
Two people embracing in a kitchen, a man and a woman with distinctive hairstyles.
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Parallel Mothers – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Pedro Almod­ó­var deliv­ers yet anoth­er major late work, with Pené­lope Cruz on career-best form.
Fiery demonic mask with glowing eyes, surrounded by figures in a burning, apocalyptic landscape.
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The Great Yokai War: Guardians – first-look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

It’s leg­ends only as Takashi Miike returns to the scene of his fam­i­ly-friend­ly fan­ta­sy extrav­a­gan­za from 2005.
Two young women, one with curly hair and the other with straight hair, smiling and embracing in front of a colourful graffiti wall.
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Five of the best films from the 74th Locarno Film Festival

by Josh Slater-Williams

The glob­al pan­dem­ic seeped into this year’s pro­gramme in some unusu­al and sur­pris­ing ways.
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The Devil’s Deal – first look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

Lee Won-tae fol­lows up his 2019 hit The Gang­ster, the Cop, the Dev­il, with anoth­er accom­plished under­world crime saga.
Four people in 19th century-style Western outfits standing in a dusty outdoor setting with a white wooden building.
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The Harder They Fall to open the 65th BFI London Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

Jeymes Samuel’s out­law west­ern will receive its world pre­mière at the fes­ti­val in October.
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Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist is an emotional look at a virtuosic director

by Kambole Campbell

Though light on the tech­nique, this doc­u­men­tary offers a fas­ci­nat­ing insight into the ani­mé icon’s world.
Large alien creature with sharp teeth and dark skin, holding a sign that says "Audio Stage".
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A new documentary about a DIY stage version of Alien is an absurd delight

by Kambole Campbell

Alien on Stage tells the sto­ry of a pan­tomime troupe’s hand-craft­ed trib­ute to Rid­ley Scott’s sci-fi classic.
Two men wearing cowboy hats conversing by candlelight in a dimly lit room.
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Jane Campion, Paul Schrader head up Venice Film Festival 2021 line-up

by David Jenkins

They’ll be joined by big names and excit­ing new tal­ent, includ­ing Pedro Almod­ó­var, Ana Lily Amir­pour and Pablo Larraín.
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France – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Léa Sey­doux plays a TV jour­nal­ist in Bruno Dumont’s satire-of-sorts about France’s rela­tion­ship with its media and itself.