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I’m Your Man – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

Maria Schrader’s apathetic romantic drama about a humanoid robot relationship is lacking in vitality.
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Memory Box – first-look review

by Adam Woodward

Three women learn to reconcile the past in this moving drama from Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige.
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Creation Stories – first-look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

This muddled biopic of music industry figurehead Alan McGee features some truly disastrous cameo appearances.
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Celiné Sciamma and Hong Sang-soo headline the 2021 Berlin Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

This year’s two-part edition will also play host to Daniel Brühl’s directorial debut.
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Are digital film festivals here to stay?

by David Jenkins

Following successful editions of Sundance and Rotterdam in 2021, the future for these events looks virtual.
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How documentary cinema is reframing the Civil Rights era

by Nick Joyner

At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, three films broadened our understanding of the fight against racial discrimination.
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This year’s Sundance showcased a different kind of high school movie

by Thomas Flew

A trio of documentaries revealed different aspects of the American education system.
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Prisoners of the Ghostland – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Nicolas Cage and director Sion Sono team up for a rollicking post-apocalyptic battle royale.
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Jockey – first-look review

by Emily Maskell

This poignant character study from writer/​director Clint Bentley is centred in the world of professional horse racing.
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Jane Schoenbrun’s unnerving debut, about an internet role-play phenomenon, nails the online adolescence experience.