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Do Not Seek the Treasure: The Coen Brothers’ Anti-Capitalist Critique

by Aisling Walsh

Throughout their joint filmmaking efforts, Joel and Ethan Coen have remained interested in the lengths people are willing to go to for a little bit of money.
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Festivals

Enzo – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Robin Campillo completed this final feature by Laurent Cantet, a beautiful, bittersweet study of a teenage boy finding his way in life.
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Review

It’s Not Me review – an innovative homage to Carax’s main muse

by David Jenkins

Leos Carax delves through his own personal archive in this glorious essay film that’s in thrall to Jean-Luc Godard.

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Festivals

Challenging representation and centring trans community and craft at TITE 2025

by Eli Cugini

The first edition of the Trans Image / Trans Experience Festival (TITE) in Dublin showcases the multitudes contained in the trans community while providing a vital sense of safety at a time of societal hostility.
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Review

Seeking Mavis Beacon review – Delightful search for missing icon

by Thomas Boyd

This inquisitive and thoughtful doc takes the massively-popular digital typing school programme as its cue for adventure.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Motel Destino review – a sleazy stay in a neon nightmare

by Rafa Sales Ross

A young enforcer for a Brazilian gangster finds himself hiding out at a sleazy sex hotel in Karim Aïnouz’s neo-noir.

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In Praise Of

The enduring horror of Kiss Me Deadly

by Fred Barrett

As Robert Aldrich's 1955 noir turns 75, the film lives on in the work of Cronenberg, Lynch and many more.
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Review

The Wedding Banquet review – an unexpected delight

by Laura Venning

Anchored by a talented cast clearly having the time of their lives, Andrew Ahn’s new banquet is a bit of a treat.

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Review

The Extraordinary Miss Flower review – an eccentric music doc

by David Jenkins

Unearthed love letters provide creative fuel for Icelandic singer Emilíana Torrini in this charming, music-fuelled character study.

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In Retrospect
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Inside TGirlsOnFilm: An archive for the future of Trans cinema

by Xoey Fourr

A quick-witted one-woman programming collective offers sisterly guidance for audiences traversing the complicated, misunderstood history of Trans femme narratives in film.

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