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Festivals

This year’s Berlinale Forum grappled with humanity’s fraught place in the world

by Patrick Gamble

Emerging from the pandemic, filmmakers experimented with form and narrative to pose deeper questions about our past, present and future.
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Review

The Duke

by David Jenkins

Roger Michell’s swansong is a fittingly wholesome and heartwarming caper, an ode to Ealingesque whimsy and charm.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Cyrano

by Leila Latif

Joe Wright returns to his wheelhouse with a big-screen musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Incoming

Bill Murray is set to star in Aziz Ansari’s directorial feature debut

by Charles Bramesco

The as-yet untitled film will adapt a 2014 non-fiction book rethinking end-of-life medical care.
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In Praise Of

In praise of Nora Ephron’s feature debut, This is My Life

by Chloe Walker

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Ephron’s underseen first feature proves her strength as a writer and filmmaker.
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Home Ents

Is this ’80s cult classic Japan’s answer to Mad Max?

by Anton Bitel

Crazy Thunder Road, director Sogo Ishii’s explosive anti-establishment thriller, is dedicated ​“to all crazy bikers”.
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Festivals

Dreaming Walls – first-look review

by Greg Wetherall

Maya Duverdier and Amelie Van Elmbt investigate the legacy and current precarious state of one of New York’s most enduring cultural landmarks.
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Festivals

The Quiet Girl – first-look review

by Alicia Haddick

A young girl discovers a life she never thought possible in the Irish countryside in Colm Bairéad’s affecting debut feature.
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Incoming

The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic features little conversation, more action

by Charles Bramesco

Austin Butler portrays the hip-swiveling, scandal-igniting rock-and-roll superstar in the new film.
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Festivals

The Novelist’s Film – first-look review

by Matt Turner

Hong Sang-soo interrogates the function of art in his seemingly self-reflective latest feature.