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Three men in military uniforms and hats, one appears to be giving instructions to the others.
Festivals

Disco Boy – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

The stories of a French Foreign Legionnaire and a Nigerian guerrilla fighter converge in Giacomo Abbruzzese’s frustrating feature debut.
A woman lying on a couch, wearing a green dress, with her eyes closed and a pained expression on her face.
The Oscar Goes To...

Why Corsage deserves the Best Make-Up & Hairstyling Academy Award

by Alexandria Slater

Helene Lang and Maike Heinlein smartly utilise Sissi’s personal styling to emphasise the ways in which she was repressed and subsequently rebelled.
Young man in grey top, standing in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

Manodrome – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Jesse Eisenberg breaks his dweeby typecast as a disenchanted bodybuilder lured into to a men’s rights group in John Trengove’s intriguing thriller.
Crowd of people dancing, mostly young women, in vibrant red and orange lighting.
Festivals

The Beast in the Jungle – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Patric Chiha loosely interprets Henry James in this hazy, seductive nightclub-set drama.
Man in blue suit holding a gold trophy and smiling on a red carpet event.
Incoming

Barry Keoghan-mania will continue with a Billy the Kid biopic

by Charles Bramesco

He’ll offer a humanized, revisionist take on the gunslinger of repute in his longstanding dream project.
Two people, a woman in black clothing looking towards the camera and a man lying on a couch, in a monochrome wooded scene.

Relearning the meaning of life through After Life and After Yang

by Nadila

The work of Hirokazu Koreeda and kogonada encourages us to slow down and reflect on the human experience if we wish to truly understand what it is to be alive.
Cluttered domestic scene with miscellaneous objects and storage boxes on a wooden surface.
Review

Marcel the Shell with Shoes on

by Michael Leader

A sentient shell sets out to find his family with help from a documentary filmmaker in Dean Fleischer-Camp’s effortlessly charming feature debut.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Close-up of a man with a beard and curly hair, lit by warm light from the window behind him, against a dark background.
Review

Nostalgia

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

After 40 years away, a man returns to his hometown of Naples and discovers vengeful spirits in Mario Martone’s crime drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two superheroes in colourful costumes facing each other in a dark, rocky setting.
Review

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

by Jake Cole

Scott Lang and his pint-sized family of heroes face off against Kang the Conquerer in this latest uninspiring Marvel outing.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A pensive man with a serious expression, wearing a black jumper, in a dimly lit setting.
Review

The Son

by Hannah Strong

Playwright-turned-filmmaker Florian Zeller’s follow-up to The Father fails to achieve the emotional resonance of its predecessor.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect