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The Ugly Stepsister review – a mean-spirited Cinderella story

By Hannah Strong

Emilie Blichfeldt takes on medieval beauty standards in this gory reframing of the Brothers Grimm's classic take on Cinderella.

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Holy Cow review – a bittersweet treat

By Alex Hopkins-McQuillan

Louise Courvoisier crafts a moving tale about cheese-making and coming of age, set in the rural French region of Jura.

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Death of a Unicorn review – goodbye horses, good riddance

By Billie Walker

Alex Scharfman rallies together a cast stacked with comedic actors, but the result of this dull ‘Eat the Rich’ flick misses the mark.

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Four Mothers review – canny crowd-pleaser

By Mike McCahill

Darren Thornton's remake of Mid-August Lunch sees a novelist on the brink of breaking out tasked with caring for his ailing mother and her friends.

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Misericordia review – Chabrol would have approved

By Thomas Dawson

Alain Guiraudie defies neat categorisation with his shapeshifting eighth feature about morality, crime and queer desire.

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Novocaine review – no pain, no gain

By Hannah Strong

Jack Quaid delivers a charming performance as a man incapable of feeling pain in Dan Berk and Robert Olsen's ultraviolent action-comedy.

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Y2K review – as throwaway as a killer Tamagotchi

By Iona Mathieson

The millennium bug triggers a cyber-apocalypse in Kyle Mooney’s nostalgia-driven directorial debut.

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When Autumn Falls review – another year, another Ozon

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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All Happy Families review – a sweet reckoning with family strife

By David Jenkins

This well-mounted ensemble comedy sees a schlubby Josh Radnor forced to deal with a visit from his eccentric parents and brother.

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Opus review – off-key pop industry satire misses all its cues

By David Jenkins

John Malkovich is an electro pop god with an axe to grind in this glossy music industry horror-satire by debut director Mark Anthony Green

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Sister Midnight review – a droll, strange, cool freak of a film

By Anton Bitel

Karan Kandhari’s film about a misanthropic newlywed giving into her feral impulses is an unpredictable, genre-bending delight.

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Marching Powder review – a proper, proper gaffe

By Adam Woodward

Nick Love and Danny Dyer are back with yet another boorish, small-minded take on the football hooligan genre.

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – pleasant but forgettable

By Hannah Strong

Renée Zellweger dons her big knickers again as the frazzled heroine, this time getting her groove back after her husband's death.

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The People’s Joker – you have to see it to believe it

By Violet Lucca

A glorious, multifarious and modern rethink of the coming of age story as filtered through superhero movies, stand-up and the trans experience.

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Heart Eyes review – a gimmicky horror fauxmance

By Billie Walker

Two youngsters come a cropper of a very particular masked maniac in Josh Ruben's dismal horror-romance mash-up.

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Love Hurts review – no love, much hurts

By Marina Ashioti

Ke Huy Quan and Ariana Debose star in stunt performer Jonathan Eusebio’s Valentine’s Day-themed directorial debut.

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Saturday Night review – unappealing nepo baby triumphalism

By Mark Asch

Jason Reitman pans back to 1975 and Lorne Michaels' ambitious plans for a live broadcast sketch show in his fanfiction retelling of SNL's inception.

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