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Festivals

BlackBerry – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Canadian indie filmmaker Matt Johnson crafts an offbeat drama about the creation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.
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Partnership

In praise of Close’s depiction of youth

by Little White Lies

How Lukas Dhont’s Close adopts a more enlightened and empathetic approach to depicting young people on screen.
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The Oscar Goes To...

Why Harris Dickinson deserves the Best Actor Oscar

by Guy Lodge

Although Triangle of Sadness has picked up considerable awards buzz, its put-upon lead actor delivers a dour performance worthy of a special mention.
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Home Ents

The perverse suburban joys of Welcome to the Dollhouse

by Anton Bitel

Todd Solondz’s dark coming-of-ager sees an magnificent Heather Matarazzo play the ultimate awkward preteen in Dawn Wiener.
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Club LWLies Exclusive

Cinematic Investigations: At the Picturehouse with Wittgenstein

by Lillian Crawford

A film critic traces the connections between philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s escapist eccentricities and her own formative experiences as a cinephile.
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Incoming

It’s time for action in the explosive first trailer for How to Blow Up a Pipeline

by Charles Bramesco

A cross-cultural coalition plots to disrupt an oil supply chain in Daniel Goldhaber’s galvanizing new film.
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Review

Creed III

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Michael B. Jordan is both star and director in the latest instalment of this heavyweight franchise, which sees Adonis Creed face off against an old foe.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Electric Malady

by Billie Walker

Marie Liden offers an insight into one man’s experience with debilitating electrosensitivity in her moving feature debut.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Incoming

Hong Sang-soo gets lost in the funhouse in the first Walk Up trailer

by Charles Bramesco

The Korean filmmaker’s latest drama climbs through the floors of an apartment building and finds pockets of quotidian life.
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Not Movies

Why we love Netflix’s You, even though we all agree it’s terrible TV

by Susan Akyeampong

The highly addictive drama about a handsome serial killer has won legions of fans, but they’re not watching for the plot.