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Scene Report

Inside the North West Film Clubs building a regional community around cinema

by Luke Charnley

Across Liverpool and Manchester, a dynamic network of film clubs is occupying community spaces and encouraging a DIY approach to film curation.
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Review

No Other Choice review – Park at his most biting and brutal, but not without emotion

by Hannah Strong

Park Chan-wook’s cutthroat satire sees a middle manager resort to desperate measures after he’s laid off from his job at a paper company.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two men sitting on bench in changing room with red tiled wall. Left man wears towel, right man in white football shirt.
Review

Saipan review – an enjoyable but featherlight affair

by Hannah Strong

Éanna Hardwicke is magnetic as Roy Keane in this fictionalised account of the infamous feud between the Irish football player and his manager, Mick McCarthy.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Tokyo International Film Festival

Chihiro Amano: 'It was like I hit a wall in all directions'

by Hannah Strong

At the Tokyo International Film Festival, Japanese filmmaker Chihiro Amano reflects on how her experience of motherhood led her to direct the relationship drama Sato and Sato.
Samson (Chi Lewis-Parry) and Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Review

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review – stomach-churningly entertaining

by Hannah Strong

Ralph Fiennes goes hell for leather as Nia DaCosta takes the helm of Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s zombrit horror franchise.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Bulk review – homemade sci-fi noir trades coherence for charm

by David Jenkins

Ben Wheatley’s been tinkering in his shed, and the result is this hand-tooled experimental miniature with Sam Riley as a journo whisked through a manic multiverse.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Incoming

100 films to look forward to in 2026 – part one

by David Jenkins, Anna Stafford

New year, new movies! Here’s part one of our annual preview looking ahead to the year’s most exciting releases.
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Review

Rental Family review – Brendan Fraser shines in this culture-clash heartwarmer

by Fatima Sheriff

A struggling actor tries his hand at becoming an absent family member in this gentle comedy from filmmaker Hikari.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Five people gathered around a laptop computer, with a bearded man in white shirt at centre holding a mobile phone.
Review

The Voice Of Hind Rajab review – essential, if harrowing viewing

by Leila Latif

This Venice prizewinner fuses documentary with fiction and encapsulates the devastation and brutality of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

State of Statelessness review – an intimate meditation on exile from Tibet

by Anna Stafford

Four interconnected tales from the Tibetan diaspora come together to shape this poignant anthology film by the Drung Filmmakers’ Collective.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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