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Young woman with long dark hair in a school uniform, standing in a doorway against a bright blue sky with clouds.
Festivals

Suzume – first-look review

by Alicia Haddick

Makoto Shinkai’s third feature continues his fantastical vision with a teenage girl who accidentally opens a magical portal, but fails to make the same impact as Your Name and Weathering With You.
Four young people standing on a wooden deck in front of a white building, surrounded by trees.
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Afire – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Christian Petzold returns with something lighter, funnier and more instantly-lovable than his recent run, bringing regular leading lady Paula Beer along for the ride.
Two people, a man and a woman, gazing intently at each other in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

20,000 Species of Bees – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

A mother and gender-curious child keep bees in Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s tender drama of division, renewal and the space in between.
Two individuals, a woman and a man, standing near a grand piano in a room.
In Praise Of

Stoker at 10: Park Chan-wook’s Hitchcockian fairytale

by Kevin Bui

This dark coming-of-age thriller is Park’s own scintillating twist on The Master of Suspense’s Shadow of a Doubt.
An elderly woman with white hair embracing an elderly man with a serious expression on his face.
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The Plough – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Philippe Garrel enlists his three children for this family affair, in which a family of artistic puppeteers grapple with their patriarch’s passing.
Performer with voluminous curly hair on stage, wearing a white feathered costume and holding a microphone.
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Love to Love You, Donna Summer – first-look review

by Anna Bogutskaya

Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and Summer’s daughter Brooklyn Sudano team up to create an intimate portrait of a conflicted and complicated artist.
Four people sitting in an old, dirty car in a desert-like setting.
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Music – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

The latest from formally-daring German filmmaker Angela Schanelec is an exciting and impenetrable take on the Oedipus myth.
A person in a bright red dress riding a motorcycle on a night-time bridge with illuminated lampposts.
Review

Joyland

by Xuanlin Tham

A conservative Pakistani family in Lahore fracture when modernity meets tradition in Saim Sadiq’s intimate drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Headshot of a man wearing a black shirt, sitting at a table with red items in front of him.
Incoming

Eli Roth will expand the spoof trailer Thanksgiving into a full-length feature

by Charles Bramesco

It’s the third mock teaser from the genre homage Grindhouse to become a full-fledged film.
Close-up of a woman with red lipstick, serious expression, and dark eyes.
In Praise Of

Why I love Zoë Lund’s performance in Ms 45

by Sarah Cleary

Her performance as the mute garment worker Thama who takes on the scumbags of New York City is the heart of Abel Ferrara’s rape-revenge thriller.