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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.
Two young people, a woman and a man, sitting on a sandy beach near a lake or sea, surrounded by mountains in the background.
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Route 29 – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A standoffish young woman embarks on a road trip with an unusual 12-year-old girl in Yusuke Morii’s offbeat sophomore feature.
A man in a black robe wielding a sword in a fighting stance.
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11 Rebels – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Kazuya Shiraishi polishes off a 60-year-old script for this bloodthirsty samurai epic about a band of criminals recruited to defend a castle from the emperor’s army during the Boshin War.
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20 Hidden Gems at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival

by Little White Lies

Our hand-picked haul of must-see titles from outside the main gala and competition strands.
Anime-style characters, a boy in an orange hoodie and a girl with short blue hair, in a room with elements of science, such as a periodic table and scientific diagrams.
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The Tokyo International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up

by Little White Lies

Japan’s biggest film festival returns with a line-up of 110 films for its 37th edition.
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On Falling – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The dire lot of a low paid factory worker is the subject of this rigorous if hardly revelatory character study from debut director Laura Carreira.
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Afternoons of Solitude – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Albert Serra’s extraordinary, intense portrait of toreador Andrés Roca Rey is one of the Spanish director’s finest works to date.
Two elderly women walking along a gravel path through an autumnal woodland, carrying baskets.
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When Fall Is Coming – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This lightweight Chabrolian country drama from François Ozon sees an elderly retiree with a complex past trying to do right by her family.
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Emmanuelle – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Audrey Diwan’s take on the infamous erotic French novel is a chilly, bemusing affair that lacks for a sense of real purpose.