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The best new documentaries from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival

by Ed Gibbs

This year’s Sundance docs explored political and personal vendettas so brazen, you couldn’t make them up.
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Kelly Reichardt and Sally Potter are heading to the 2020 Berlinale

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

They’ll be joined by Abel Ferrara and Tsai Ming-liang when the festival kicks off in February.
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Possessor – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Brandon Cronenberg sets late-capitalism in his crosshairs in this effective – and very gory – social horror.
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Female voices are at the centre of the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival

by Little White Lies

The upcoming edition of GFF features an entire day of features directed by women.
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The Nest – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Jude Law and Carrie Coon shine in Martha Marcy May Marlene director Sean Durkin’s eerie psychological thriller.
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The Last Thing He Wanted – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Dee Rees and Anne Hathaway tackle Joan Didion’s novel of the same name, with disastrous results.
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Wendy – first look review

by Ege Apaydın

The director of Beasts of the Southern Wild returns with a novel if underwhelming take on the Peter Pan fable.
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Minari – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Lee Isaac Chung’s beautifully observed drama follows a South Korean family who relocate to rural Arkansas.
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Downhill – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit the slopes in this miserable remake of Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure.
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Dick Johnson Is Dead – first look review

by Brianna Zigler

Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson crafts a comedic elegy to her deteriorating but still very alive father.