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La Petite Dernière – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A young Muslim woman struggles to reconcile her blossoming sexuality with her identity and family expectations in Hafsia Herzi’s adaptation of Fatima Daas’ novel.

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The Chronology of Water – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Kristen Stewart makes her directorial debut with a rousing adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir.

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The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

A young girl living in a sleepy Chilean mining town reckons with prejudice that emerges when a mysterious illness sweeps the residents in Diego Céspedes’ modern western.

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The Plague – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A 12-year-old boy at a water polo summer camp experiences the vitriol of his peers in Charlie Polinger’s arresting feature debut.

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Dossier 137 – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This robust if hardly revelatory police procedural coasts on an detailed and charismatic lead performance from Léa Drucker.

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Sirât – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A phenomenal and unique portrait of a group of thrill-seeking ravers entering into a spiritual abyss in this extraordinary new film by Oliver Laxe.

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Final Destination Bloodlines + Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein | Cannes Film Festival

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Final Destination Bloodlines and spoke its directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein about the latest entry in the horror franchise and then the LWLies team will be talking us through the latest from the Cannes Film Festival.

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Hallow Road review – heavily signposted horror

by Katherine McLaughlin

Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys navigate parental fears in Babak Anvari’s gripping yet shaky psychological thriller.

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Final Destination: Bloodlines review – an absurd, grotesque film for our absurd, grotesque times

by Hannah Strong

Death comes a‑calling once more in this long-overdue sixth instalment into the most morbid horror franchise around.

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Magic Farm review – Amalia Ulman has plenty up her sleeve

by Emily Maskell

Amalia Ulman flexes her satirical writing chops, but her latest would have benefitted from more Chloë Sevigny and Simon Rex.