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LWLies Recommends

Two people, a man and a woman, embrace intimately in front of a bookshelf.
Review

One Fine Morning

by Savina Petkova

Léa Sey­doux stars as a sin­gle moth­er entan­gled in an affair with a mar­ried man in Mia Hansen-Løve’s pow­er­ful eighth feature.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two men seated at a wooden table, surrounded by verdant plants visible through the windows.
Review

Pacifiction

by David Jenkins

The Poly­ne­sian island of Tahi­ti rep­re­sents a trop­i­cal pur­ga­to­ry for the French colonists in Albert Serra’s apoc­a­lyp­tic polit­i­cal thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Sinister figure in dark, menacing expression, glowing eyes, dark tones.
Review

Evil Dead Rise

by David Jenkins

Lee Cronin’s affec­tion­ate, gore-caked remix of Sam Raim­i’s The Evil Dead offers an inno­v­a­tive and breath­tak­ing mod­el of how to exhume a beloved genre franchise.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Red graffiti spelling "Mum" on wall, iron bedframe, messy bedroom.
Review

Blue Bag Life

by Marina Ashioti

Rebec­ca Lloyd-Evans and Lisa Selby’s fea­ture doc­u­men­tary aims to explore the inter­con­nect­ed prisms of addic­tion and unortho­dox motherhood.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man wearing blue-tinted glasses and a red and blue jacket sits at a desk in a room with framed photos on the wall.
Review

Air

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck returns to the direc­tor’s chair, fic­tion­al­is­ing the fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry of how an icon­ic shoe was born.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Lone person on chair amid mountainous, rocky landscape with lush vegetation.
Review

Godland

by Josh Slater-Williams

A Dan­ish priest mounts an escapade to Ice­land with a cam­era in hand and a dream of build­ing a church in Hlynur Pálmason’s dark­ly com­ic epic.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Red and grey military-style helmets with the number 519 printed on them.
Review

Riotsville, USA

by Caitlin Quinlan

Using mil­i­tary train­ing footage, Sier­ra Pet­tengill’s archival doc­u­men­tary traces the ori­gins of police mil­i­tari­sa­tion in the US.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man in a dark suit walking in a fog-filled night scene, with two other figures visible in the background.
Review

John Wick: Chapter 4

by Kambole Campbell

Keanu Reeves returns as the inter­na­tion­al assas­sin known as ​‘Baba Yaga’, fac­ing new ene­mies as he bat­tles his way to redemption.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people seated at a table on a patio at night, with candles and a view of a dark, hilly landscape in the background.
Review

Infinity Pool

by Hannah Strong

Alexan­der Skars­gård has a pret­ty bad trip in this vaca­tion night­mare from body hor­ror wun­derkind Bran­don Cronenberg.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, standing close together and smiling while holding a microphone, set against a dark background with colourful lights.
Review

The Five Devils

by David Jenkins

Léa Mysius crafts an enig­mat­ic tale about a young girl with a mag­i­cal sense of smell in her aus­pi­cious sec­ond feature.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect