Festivals

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.

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.

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.

Pleasure – first-look review

By Emily Maskell

Ninja Thyberg’s debut feature delivers an intimate perspective on the adult entertainment industry.

All Light, Everywhere – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Rat Film director Theo Anthony delves deep into the myriad ethical quandaries concerning mass surveillance.

Misha and the Wolves – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

The truth proves far stranger than the fiction in this constantly surprising Holocaust chronicle.

‘For some people, simulation theory is not a joke’ – Rodney Ascher on A Glitch in the Matrix

By Isaac Feldberg

The documentary maker on the deep existential concerns at the heart of his latest project.

Mass – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

The aftermath of a school shooting is the focus of first-time director Fran Kranz’s stark portrait of familial grief.

In the Earth – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Ben Wheatley’s pandemic-themed psychedelic fever dream is the love child of Kill List and A Field in England.

Passing – first-look review

By Leila Latif

Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson star in this slow-paced but perceptive race drama from Rebecca Hall.

The Sparks Brothers – first-look review

By Ed Gibbs

Edgar Wright delivers a deliciously infectious, suitably absurdist ode to his unsung musical heroes.

Superior – first-look review

By Brianna Zigler

Familiar thematic elements come together in Erin Vassilopoulos’ riff on the doppelgänger genre.

How It Ends – first-look review

By Caitlin Quinlan

There’s shades of Miranda July in Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein’s deadpan end-of-the-world comedy.

Cryptozoo – first-look review

By Emily Maskell

Dash Shaw’s entrancing animated fable imagines a utopia filled with a dazzling array of mythic creatures.

On the Count of Three – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Two best friends make a suicide pact in first-time feature director Jerrod Carmichael’s uneven black comedy.

Censor – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A film censor becomes obsessed with unlocking the secrets of her sister’s disappearance in this stylish horror throwback.

The Pink Cloud – first-look review

By Caitlin Quinlan

There’s an eerie prescience to this alluring sci-fi chamber piece from Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase.

Human Factors – first-look review

By Brianna Zigler

An apparent break-in sends a middle-class family into a spiral in Ronny Trocker’s exacting drama.

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