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In Praise Of

The daring gender nonconformity of Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda

by Sarah Cleary

As Ed Wood’s exploitation film partly based on his own experience celebrates its 70th anniversary, its progressive take on performing gender is ripe for rediscovery.
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Review

Renfield

by Hannah Strong

Nicholas Hoult plays Count Dracula’s long-suffering servant in Chris McKay’s underwhelming horror-comedy.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Loving Highsmith

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eva Vitija’s thoughtful documentary is a measured look at a singular, enigmatic literary voice.

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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two women, one with short brown hair and the other with longer dark hair, sit together looking pensive.
In Praise Of

Is Léa Seydoux Mia Hansen-Løve’s greatest on-screen muse?

by David Jenkins

The French superstar works in a sublimely subtle register to bring the joy and pain of One Fine Morning to the screen.
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Review

One Fine Morning

by Savina Petkova

Léa Seydoux stars as a single mother entangled in an affair with a married man in Mia Hansen-Løve’s powerful eighth feature.

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5
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Glazer, and Wes Anderson lead the 2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup

by Charles Bramesco

The Competition selection also includes new works from Catherine Breillat and Todd Haynes.
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Review

Pacifiction

by David Jenkins

The Polynesian island of Tahiti represents a tropical purgatory for the French colonists in Albert Serra’s apocalyptic political thriller.

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4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Albert Serra: ‘What am I trying to say, I don’t know. I just create images’

by Caitlin Quinlan

The loquacious Spanish maestro picks apart the process of his breakthrough feature of political malaise in the South Seas, Pacifiction.
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Review

Cairo Conspiracy

by Charles Bramesco

Tarik Saleh’s latest sees the election of a new Grand Imam take place in Egypt’s most prestigious university for Islamic scholarship.

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In Retrospect
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Festivals

Saunas, Funkytown and the consciousness of plants at CPH:DOX 2023

by Chris Cassingham

A raft of innovative and thoughtful world premieres stood out at Copenhagen’s annual documentary festival, which moves from autumn to spring.