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Worth – first look review

by Ege Apaydın

Michael Keaton plays a lawyer tasked with putting a value on human life in Sara Colangelo’s post‑9/​11 drama.
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Kajillionaire – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Miranda July’s charming, unconventional crime drama follows a family of lowly LA con artists.
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Herself – first look review

by Hannah Strong

A mother rebuilds her life after escaping her abusive husband in Phyllida Lloyd’s urgent drama.
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Shirley – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Josephine Decker’s biography of famed gothic novelist Shirley Jackson is a sumptuous period psychodrama.
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Promising Young Women – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Carey Mulligan is on blistering form in Emerald Fennell’s darkly comic, provocative debut feature.
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Zola – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Based on an infamous Tweetstorm, Janicza Bravo’s wild drama offers a fascinating perspective on female relationships.
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The Painter and the Thief – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Oslo-based artist Barbora Kysilkova finds herself innately drawn to the man who brazenly stole her work.
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Taylor Swift: Miss Americana – first look review

by Hannah Strong

One of the world’s biggest music artists bares her soul in this intimate, earnest docu-portrait.
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What can we expect from President Spike Lee at Cannes 2020?

by Charles Bramesco

Brooklyn’s finest will head up the competition jury when the festival returns for its 73rd edition.
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Female directors open and close the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival

by David Jenkins

Alice Winocour’s Proxima and Coky Giedroyc’s How to Build a Girl are among the highlights of the 16th GFF.