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Interview: Cate Blanchett and Matty Sidle

by David Jenkins

With already count­less strings to her act­ing bow, Cate Blanchett adds yet one more by star­ring in Mat­ty Sidle’s exper­i­men­tal com­ic short, Bozo Over Roses.
Two people riding a motorcycle, wearing helmets, in an urban setting.
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Guo Run – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The pain and con­fu­sion of mis­car­riage is pre­sent­ed with brac­ing clar­i­ty in Li Dongmei’s impres­sive char­ac­ter study.
Two people embracing in a forest, the woman smiling with her eyes closed as the man holds her close.
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First Person Plural – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A bour­geois cou­ple expe­ri­ence the nox­ious effects of a vac­cine in this gor­geous, sur­re­al study of cor­rupt­ed minds and bodies.
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Vitrival – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This absorb­ing and care­ful­ly-craft­ed chron­i­cle of a quaint Bel­gian vil­lage crum­bling to pieces is 2025 breakout.
Four young women wearing black sports bras and looking serious, standing against a light blue wall.
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Freezing temperatures and rising tensions at Tallinn Black Nights

by Hannah Strong

Esto­ni­a’s pre­mière film fes­ti­val proves a wel­com­ing hub for cinephiles where the action on-screen could­n’t be more explosive.
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Trauma ripples through time at the London Film Festival

by Erin Mussett

Jesse Eisen­berg, Mal­colm Wash­ing­ton and Christo­pher Andrews explored the diverg­ing man­i­fes­ta­tions of gen­er­a­tional trau­ma at this year’s Lon­don Film Festival.
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Greek Cinema Now: A Postcard from the Thessaloniki Film Festival

by Rafa Sales Ross

While the likes of Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos and Athi­na Rachel Tsan­gari have gone trav­el­ling the world, what’s going down on the Greek home front?
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Taking stock of Japanese cinema at Tokyo International Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

The biggest cel­e­bra­tion of cin­e­ma in Japan shows promise as an event in the city’s cul­tur­al calendar.
A young Asian man wearing a red jacket and grey hooded jacket, standing in a wooded area.
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Missing Child Videotape – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Kon­do Ryota’s debut fea­ture is a chill­ing ghost sto­ry that begins with a video­tape – but that’s where the sim­i­lar­i­ties to Ringu end in this impres­sive new J‑Horror.
Three people, an older man and two younger women, posing in a traditional-looking Japanese interior setting with shelves and artwork on the walls.
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Teki Cometh – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

An elder­ly man plans the final year of his life in Dai­hachi Yoshi­da’s impres­sive adap­ta­tion of Yasu­ta­ka Tsut­sui’s novel.