Drama

Flux Gourmet

By Hannah Strong

A sonic catering collective attends a prestigious residency in Peter Strickland's characteristically off-beat new flick.

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Blonde

By Leila Latif

Andrew Dominik’s warts-and-all portrait of tragic Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe is as surreal as it is sad.

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In Front of Your Face

By Trevor Johnston

A South Korean ex-pat returns to her homeland and reconnects with old acquaintances in Hong Sang-soo's magical, melancholy drama.

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Don’t Worry Darling

By Hannah Strong

Olivia Wilde's sophomore feature sees Florence Pugh and Harry Styles in a 1950s daydream where everything isn't quite what it seems.

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Strawberry Mansion

By Charles Bramesco

A dream auditor becomes caught up with an ageing eccentric in Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney's highly imaginative feature.

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Both Sides of the Blade

By David Jenkins

Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon deliver the dramatic goods in French master Claire Denis' nuanced exploration of married life.

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Crimes of the Future

By Sarah Cleary

Extreme surgery replaces sex in body horror maestro David Cronenberg’s ambitious blends of science fiction and film noir.

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Three Thousand Years of Longing

By Catherine Bray

Mad Max director George Miller returns to the big screen with an adaptation of modern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.

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The Forgiven

By Josh Slater-Williams

Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes are unhappily married in John Michael McDonagh's uninspired culture clash drama.

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Beast

By Esther Rosenfield

Idris Elba is a father menaced by a killer lion in this capable but slight thriller.

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Official Competition

By David Jenkins

Penélope Cruz excels as a preening arthouse filmmaker in this delicious satire of making art without compromise.

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Mr. Malcolm’s List

By Emma Fraser

A charming cast bring out the best in this frothy Austenesque period romance.

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Anaïs in Love

By Jasmine Valentine

A flighty young woman sets out to seduce a lover’s girlfriend in Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s charming queer romance.

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Eiffel

By Josh Slater-Williams

A strong showing from Emma Mackey aside, this biopic of engineer Pierre Eiffel is built on rocky foundations.

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Our Eternal Summer

By Emily Maskell

A group of young friends cope with a tragic loss in Émilie Aussel’s poised debut feature.

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Hit the Road

By Marina Ashioti

A family embarks on a perilous road trip in Iranian director Panah Pahani’s assured, darkly comic debut.

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Where the Crawdads Sing

By Leila Latif

A social outcast with a love of nature is accused of murder in Olivia Newman’s pretty but vacant adaptation of Delia Owens’ best-selling novel.

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