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Youth (Homecoming) – first-look review

by Anna McKibbin

The final chapter in Wang Bing’s epic trilogy examines love old and new in China’s Zhili province.
Review

Rebel Ridge review – Aaron Pierre delivers the goods and then some

by Kambole Campbell

Jeremy Saulnier returns with a flinty, restrained crime-conspiracy thriller exploring small town police corruption and the one guy who they should never have messed with.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Top Ranking

Double Threat: A history of actresses directing

by Little White Lies

An expansive, 50-film chronology looking back at the history of films directed by female actors.
Long Read

The irrelevance of gender in the films of Pedro Almodóvar

by Meghana Kandlur

In the cinema of Pedro Almodóvar, gender proves more fluid and arbitrary than in much of contemporary cinema.
Review

Starve Acre review – all texture and no teeth

by Michael Leader

Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play a couple who move to an isolated Yorkshire Dales estate in Daniel Kokotajlo’s folk horror.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Festivals

Pavements – first-look review

by Luke Hicks

Alex Ross Perry creates a unique docu-fiction about cult indie band Pavement, blurring the lines between real and fake to excellent comedic effect.
Festivals

Joker: Folie à Deux – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his circus act as Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the crime-committing clown about town in this shockingly amateur musical effort.
Festivals

The Quiet Son – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Vincent Lindon stars as a widower trying to steer his young song away from the far right in the Coulin Sisters’ frustrating drama.
Review

Paradise is Burning review – chaotic and wonderfully tense

by Grace Dodd

Rage, tenderness and no small amount of laughter combine in this nuanced portrayal of the Swedish working-class from writer/​director Mika Gustafson.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Festivals

Queer – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Luca Guadagnino heads on down to Mexico with Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in his freewheeling take on William S. Burroughs’ eponymous novel.

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