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Grand Tour – first-look review

by David Jenkins

A visually ravishing if emotionally and thematically opaque travelogue is the latest from Portuguese maestro, Miguel Gomes.
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Lula – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Oliver Stone’s portrait of Brazil’s beloved president sadly fails to really capture what it is that makes Lula da Silva such a galvanising political force.
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Parthenope – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Paolo Sorrentino, Italy’s lustiest working filmmaker, spins a tedious yarn about one woman’s otherworldly beauty.
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Anora – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A young exotic dancer shacks up with the son of a Russian billionaire, much to the despair of his parents, in Sean Baker’s latest down-and-dirty dramedy.
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The Apprentice – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Ali Abbasi’s attempted takedown of America’s previous (and perhaps next) President of the United States, charting his early years under the mentorship of Roy Cohn, lacks the killer instinct.
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Universal Language – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

The clashing cultures of Canada and Iran are fused in Matthew Rankin’s dryly comic follow-up to The Twentieth Century.
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The Garfield Movie review – as messy as a child eating spaghetti

by David Jenkins

Another lacklustre animated foray into the lasagne-smeared world of Jim Davis’ most famous comic creation.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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The Shrouds – first-look review

by David Jenkins

David Cronenberg’s melancholy exploration of how we retain our connection with the dead makes for one of his most beautiful love stories.
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Good One – first-look review

by Yasmine Kandil

India Donaldson’s feature debut is a naturalistic portrait of the tensions between young women and their fathers as a teenager takes a hiking trip with her dad and his best friend.
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The Substance – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A fading star signs up for a strange medical procedure in Coralie Fargeat’s vacuous attempt at a Hollywood body horror.