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SXSW

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice – first-look review

by Monica Castillo

With snappy dialogue, destructive all-out fight scenes and great cast rapport, BenDavid Grabinski delivers an action comedy that punches well above its weight.
Review

Arco review – primary-colour, major-key storytelling

by Michael Leader

Ugo Bienvenu’s feature debut is equal parts polished and particular, whimsical and weird.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
SXSW

Over Your Dead Body – first-look review

by Monica Castillo

Jason Segel and Samara Weaving play a married couple on the outs and ready to kill in Jorma Taccone’s uproariously funny horror comedy.
Review

Project Hail Mary review – an entertaining adventure, not a memorable one

by Hannah Strong

Ryan Gosling’s charisma is what really sells this adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel about a science teacher-turned-astronaut stranded in space.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man in black coat and bowler hat walking on wet path between bare trees, viewed from behind on overcast day.
Review

La Grazia review – trite banalities across the board

by David Jenkins

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest tries to recapture the unruly political bite of his early films, with mixed results.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Broken English review – an imaginative ode to the late Marianne Faithfull

by Katherine McLaughlin

The 60s rock legend gets a career-spanning portrait in the form an unconventional hybrid doc by filmmaker duo Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Scarlet review – a disappointing offering from an anime legend

by Callie Petch

Mamoru Hosada sings his typical notes atypically off-key in this ambitious but messy fantasy loosely inspired by Hamlet.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

A Pale View of Hills review – a sombre adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel

by David Jenkins

A final act revelation lands with a clunking thud in Kei Ishikawa’s downbeat story of a mother’s choice to leave Japan after the war. 

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Everybody to Kenmure Street review – a rare document of a protest with a very happy ending

by David Jenkins

A vital doc on a Glaswegian community’s act of civil resistance that managed to block the removal of two men from their neighbourhood.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Deep Cuts

Celebrating the Splendour, Anarchy and Creative Genius of Sandy Powell

by Desirae Embree

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reimagining of James Whale’s 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein marks 40 years in the singular career of costume designer Sandy Powell.

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