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Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

by Leila Latif

Miles Morales returns as the web-sling­ing hero of Brook­lyn in this smart sequel which defies expectations.

4
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5
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Review

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

by David Jenkins

This human­ist por­trait of care, surgery and tech­nol­o­gy is Ver­e­na Par­avel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s most overt­ly social­ly con­scious work.

4
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5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

by Weiting Liu

Kel­ly Fre­mon Craig’s take on Judy Bloom’s icon­ic pre­teen nov­el is a sweet tale of a young girl fig­ur­ing out reli­gion, boys and puberty.

4
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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman and a child, embracing in a grassy field with mountains and trees in the background.
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The Eight Mountains

by Rafa Sales Ross

The life­long friend­ship between two men is the sub­ject of Felix van Groenin­gen and Char­lotte Vandermeersch’s poignant Alps-set drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
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Pamfir

by David Jenkins

An in-your-face and vibrant gang­ster com­e­dy set on the Ukraine-Roma­nia bor­der about a man who pow­ers through life and direct­ly into disaster.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Harka

by Josh Slater-Williams

A young man in Tunisia steps up to care for his younger sis­ters fol­low­ing the death of their father in Lot­fy Nathan’s elec­tri­fy­ing drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
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Return to Seoul

by Ella Kemp

Davy Chou’s bit­ter­sweet com­e­dy of a Kore­an adoptee search­ing for her bio­log­i­cal par­ents is pow­ered by a daz­zling lead performance.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Love According to Dalva

by Alexandria Slater

Bel­gian film­mak­er Emmanuelle Nicot approach­es the sub­ject of child sex­u­al abuse with great sen­si­tiv­i­ty in her debut feature.

3
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4
Enjoyment
4
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Review

Polite Society

by Fatima Sheriff

Fol­low­ing the blast of sit­com joy that was We Are Lady Parts, Nida Man­zoor takes a giant leap to the big screen with an in-your-face com­e­dy about crane-kick­ing the face of tra­di­tion­al mores.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
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Review

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

by Hannah Strong

An ensem­ble of rad­i­cal cli­mate activists attempt to sab­o­tage an oil pipeline in Daniel Gold­haber’s envi­ron­men­tal­ist action-thriller.

4
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4
Enjoyment
4
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