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Animated ducks playing in a pond surrounded by autumn foliage.
Review

Migration review – A sorely underpowered duck tale

by David Jenkins

A ripe set-up in which a family of ducks migrate in the wrong direction is squandered in this haphazard and empty family animation.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A young woman standing in a grassy field near a boat on a still lake, wearing a colourful dress and sleeveless shirt.
Festivals

Handling the Undead – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Three families reckon with the dead returning from the grave in Thea Hvistendahl’s glacial horror drama.
Group of people gathered around a gravestone, wearing black clothing.
Review

This Blessed Plot review – a rough-hewn Brit ghost story

by David Jenkins

The latest from British non-fiction filmmaker Marc Issacs offers an ethereal cross-cut of working class lives in deepest Essex.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two smiling women, one wearing a patterned dress, the other a large straw hat, sitting together and laughing.
Review

The Color Purple review – rides on its stellar performances

by David Jenkins

Blitz Bazawule delivers an all singing, all dancing update of Alice Walker’s harrowing story of women in postbellum Georgia.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A young man and woman sitting on a couch, surrounded by a neon green lighting.
Festivals

I Saw the TV Glow – first-look review

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature is an unnerving take on loneliness, isolation, and the enduring mysteries of children’s media.
Silhouetted figure in multicoloured, reflective waters; abstract cityscape in background.
Review

Samsara review – a quiet, radical masterwork

by Neil Young

Lois Patiño travels from Laos to Zanzibar via the bardo in this unique and jaw-dropping tale of bodily transcendence.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Older woman speaking on stage, film festival poster visible behind her.
Festivals

Glasgow Film Festival announces A-grade line-up

by David Jenkins

A grand banquet of film has been laid out for the festival’s 20th anniversary edition.
Three men in a lift, wearing casual clothing.
Review

All of Us Strangers review – a supernova of a film

by Hannah Strong

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are electric in Andrew Haigh’s twist on the modern ghost story, adapted from Taichi Yamada’s cult novel.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two individuals in intimate profile, close face-to-face, in black and white.
Festivals

Berlin announce exciting 2024 competition line-up

by David Jenkins

Outgoing artistic director Carlo Chatrian delivers the world cinema goods for his final edition at the helm.
Headshot of a man with a beard, looking pensive and wearing a grey jacket.
Interviews

Andrew Haigh: ‘I’m a pretty melancholic person’

by Hannah Strong

The British director on the power of crying and how he crafted his heartbreaking new film, All of Us Strangers.