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LWLies Recommends

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Review

The Camera is Ours: Britain’s Women Documentary Makers

by Matt Turner

A fine and nec­es­sary port­man­teau of British doc­u­men­taries all made by less­er-known women filmmakers.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Woman singing on stage with fairy lights in the background, performing at a dimly lit venue.
Review

Bergman Island

by Lillian Crawford

Mia Hansen-Løve’s lilt­ing rumi­na­tion on art, rela­tion­ships and cinephil­ia is one of her most accom­plished and mov­ing films to date.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A man in a pink outfit playing an acoustic guitar on stage, with an audience visible in the background.
Review

Elvis

by Anna Bogutskaya

Baz Luhrmann’s sweaty, opu­lent take on the King of rock ​’n’ roll is not a biopic but a fairy tale.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two men in formal evening wear, one with a bow tie and the other with a waistcoat, standing together.
Review

Benediction

by Adam Woodward

Ter­ence Davies explores the trag­ic and com­plex life of World War I poet Siegfried Sas­soon in this ele­gant­ly mov­ing biopic.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
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Two women conversing by a yellow car in a wooded area with trees and greenery.
Review

The Quiet Girl

by Alicia Haddick

A young girl’s dif­fi­cult home life takes a turn for the bet­ter in Colm Bairéad’s impres­sive debut feature.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two senior women sitting in a Chinese restaurant, one wearing a yellow jacket and the other a pink jumper.
Review

Everything Everywhere All at Once

by Weiting Liu

A Chi­nese-Amer­i­can family’s lives are changed for­ev­er across mul­ti­ple uni­vers­es in Daniels’ ambi­tious sec­ond feature.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A man wearing glasses and a black suit conducting an orchestra, with his arms raised and hands gesturing expressively.
Review

Ennio

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Great detail abounds in Giuseppe Tornatore’s doc­u­men­tary cel­e­brat­ing the life and work of the late film com­pos­er Ennio Morricone.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two figures embracing, a man and a woman, in a dimly lit room with artwork on the walls.
Review

Happening

by David Jenkins

Audrey Diwan’s sig­nif­i­cant and unflinch­ing adap­ta­tion of Annie Erneux’s mem­oir of a teen abor­tion is one of the year’s best films.

3
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5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two individuals, one wrapped in a grey blanket, one in a black cloak, sitting on horses in a desolate landscape.
Review

The Northman

by Hannah Strong

Robert Eggers assem­bles an intre­pid team for the epic tale of a wronged Viking prince’s quest for vengeance.

4
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5
Enjoyment
5
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Woman in nun's habit with outstretched arms in a crowd scene.
Review

Benedetta

by Hannah Strong

Dutch mas­ter provo­ca­teur Paul Ver­ho­even serves up a blas­phe­mous delight in his con­vent-set Ital­ian romp.

4
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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect