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All We Imagine as Light review – this one is for the lover girls

By Jenna Mahale

Payal Kapadia's first fiction feature is a gorgeous romance concerning the lives of two contrasting nurses in present-day Mumbai.

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Conclave review – a slick romp with delusions of grandeur

By David Jenkins

A power struggle at the heart of the Catholic church is the conceit for Edward Berger's quite silly papal drama.

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Layla review – Bilal Hasna shines

By Marina Ashioti

This occasionally-vibrant odd couple gay relationship drama is too superficial and silly to leave a lasting mark.

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Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point review – a lo-fi holiday classic in the making

By Hannah Strong

A large Italian-American family gather for the holidays in Tyler Taormina's freewheeling festive feature.

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The Piano Lesson review – high-quality but low-impact work

By Leila Latif

Malcolm Washington makes his feature directorial debut with an ambitious adaptation of one of August Wilson’s most well-known plays.

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Bird review – a magical, energetic marvel

By Hannah Strong

Social and magical realism merge in Andrea Arnold’s scintillating Thames Estuary fable about the friendship between a latchkey kid and a smiling wanderer searching for home.

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Anora review – an amazing, hypermodern concept for a film

By David Jenkins

A young sex worker thinks she's hit the jackpot when she falls for a Russian nepo baby, but his parents have other plans in Sean Baker's anti-rom-com.

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Matt and Mara review – a sharp dramedy with magnetic leads

By Hannah Strong

Two college friends reunite and reconsider the trajectory of their lives in Kazik Radwanski's keenly observed relationship comedy-drama.

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Emilia Pérez review – a musical that barely wants to be a musical

By Juan Barquin

This ghastly musical melodrama from Jacques Audiard tells of a Mexican cartel boss’ gender affirming surgery.

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The Room Next Door review – something is missing

By Hannah Strong

Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language debut with an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's What Are You Going Through, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as old friends who reunite in a time of crisis.

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The Apprentice review – Demands sympathy for the devil

By Mark Asch

Sebastian Stan essays a young Donald Trump in this glossy, empty film about the orange fascist’s initial dabbling in evil.

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Portraits of Dangerous Women review – pleasant to a fault

By David Jenkins

Following a bizarre road accident, the lives of three strangers collide in this cheerful yet meandering dramedy.

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Blitz – A vital fragment of the Steve McQueen saga

By Rógan Graham

A mother and son reunion takes place on the bomb-shattered streets of World War Two-era London in this sweeping historical melodrama.

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Timestalker review – ripples with insight and emotion

By David Jenkins

Alice Lowe’s miraculous second feature is a triumph of imagination, soul-searching and a refined comic instinct.

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Joker: Folie à Deux review – a grim karaoke session

By Hannah Strong

Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his circus act as Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the crime-committing clown about town in this shockingly amateur musical effort.

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The Outrun review – sensationally directed and performed

By Katherine McLaughlin

Saoirse Ronan stars as a young woman battling alcoholism on the Orkney Isles in Nora Fingscheidt's adaptation of Amy Liptrott's bestselling memoir.

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The Teacher review – a wonderful cinematic experience

By Grace Dodd

A Palestinian teacher has to reconcile his commitment to political resistance with his role as father-figure in Farah Nabulsi's gripping feature debut.

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