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LWLies Recommends

A woman in a fancy dress, wearing a sparkling crown and ornate necklace, holding a white gloved hand near her face against a countryside backdrop.
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Corsage

by Caitlin Quinlan

Vicky Krieps gives an act­ing mas­ter­class as the despon­dent Empress Elis­a­beth of Austria.

4
Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Elderly man in a green cap and scarf sitting at a desk, surrounded by various objects including a guitar and a box.
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Mr Bachmann and his Class

by David Jenkins

Maria Speth’s inti­mate non-fic­tion epic pro­files a spiky but saint­ly Ger­man school­teacher and his students.

4
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4
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A bizarre, fantasy-like scene featuring two eccentric, hairy creatures, one holding a parchment scroll and the other gesticulating emphatically. The image has a warm, earthy colour palette with brick walls and wooden furnishings as the backdrop.
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Pinocchio

by Kambole Campbell

Guiller­mo del Toro final­ly realis­es his long-ges­tat­ing pas­sion project, with charm­ing results.

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5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Five people, two men and three women, standing together in front of a brick wall. They are wearing various outfits from the 1980s era, including colourful clothing and accessories.
Review

White Noise

by Hannah Strong

Adam Dri­ver and Gre­ta Ger­wig reunite as a cou­ple grap­pling with their fear of death in Noah Baumbach’s adap­ta­tion of Don DeLillo’s novel.

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4
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Two young African children, a boy and a girl, looking thoughtful.
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Tori and Lokita

by Phil Concannon

The Dar­d­enne broth­ers return with a har­row­ing sto­ry of human traf­fick­ing in Bel­gium, cen­tring on two young migrants.

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4
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Shadowy interior with floral patterned cloth and mirror reflecting a silhouetted figure.
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Nanny

by Zahra AlHadad

An undoc­u­ment­ed immi­grant work­ing as a nan­ny in New York faces super­nat­ur­al forces in Niky­atu Jusu’s spell-bind­ing and assured fea­ture debut.

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4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Middle-aged man in light-coloured jacket sitting thoughtfully in front of large, curved glass window.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

by David Jenkins

Benoit Blanc enters the canon of icon­ic movie char­ac­ters with Rian Johnson’s sec­ond for­ay into who­dunit (nu-dunit?) territory.

5
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5
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5
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Couple embracing in a wooded area, the woman wearing a cream lace dress and the man wearing a blue jumper.
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by Patrick Sproull

A lone­ly new­ly­wed embarks on a clan­des­tine affair with her game­keep­er in Lau­re de Clermont-Tonnerre’s adap­ta­tion of the clas­sic DH Lawrence novel.

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4
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4
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Two figures wearing red and black trousers standing on a paved surface, with one hand holding a light green box.
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What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

by Caitlin Quinlan

Foot­ball pro­vides the com­mon thread for Alek­san­dre Koberidze’s dreamy dra­ma set on the Rioni river.

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4
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Two people walking across a grassy field with a cloudy sky in the background.
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Bones and All

by Hannah Strong

Tay­lor Rus­sell and Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met play a pair of young can­ni­bals on a trans-Amer­i­ca road trip in Luca Guadagni­no’s sweet, squelchy hor­ror romance.

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