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Review

Animalia review – sci-fi in the most elusive manner

by Anton Bitel

Sofia Alaoui’s feature debut explores coming-of-age through gender, class and spirituality against the backdrop of an alien invasion.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Cover-Up review – a film worthy of Seymour Hersh

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’ searing chronicle of global atrocities as uncovered by dogged investigative reporting veteran, Sy Hersh.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Dreamers review – presents the hell of seeking asylum

by David Jenkins

This highly personal debut feature by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor captures the inhumanity of an asylum process that’s cut through with small glimmers of hope.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Jafar Panahi: ‘We shouldn't look at cinema too idealistically’

by Marina Ashioti

The great Iranian auteur and winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or on his thrilling new morality play, It Was Just an Accident.
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Review

It Was Just An Accident review – straightforward yet powerful, gripping and generous

by David Jenkins

Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winner is a finely calibrated thriller exploring the high price of revenge on a potentially evil man.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Christy review – this ain’t ringing no box office bells

by Mark Asch

David Michôd’s biopic of pioneering boxer Christy Martin is a serviceable showcase for Sydney Sweeney.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review – speaks to believers, cynics, and those in between

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Rian Johnson’s sharp and witty Knives Out threequel is powered by a standout lead turn from Josh O’Connor.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Female friendship and rebellion: Nana at 20

by Roda Musa

Twenty years ago, two wildly different women with the same name got on a train to Tokyo and changed the lives of teen girls everywhere. 
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Review

Pillion review – a refreshingly sexy and touching erotic drama

by Hannah Strong

A meek young traffic warden embarks on a sexual odyssey with a taciturn biker in Harry Lighton’s loose adaptation of Adam Mars-Jones’ Box Hill.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Blue Moon review – one spry night of a fallen musical genius

by David Jenkins

Richard Linklater casts Ethan Hawke as drunken wit Lorenz Hart and charts the beginning of the end of his epic downfall. 

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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