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LWLies Recommends

Two people relaxing in red beach chairs in a lush, green garden setting.
Review

Saint Frances

by Liz Seabrook

Kelly O’Sullivan writes and stars in this sensitive and timely survey of contemporary womanhood.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Blurry silhouette of a person dancing vigorously, their movements creating a sense of motion and energy.
Review

Strasbourg 1518

by David Jenkins

Jonathan Glazer riffs on the so-called ​“dancing plague” which struck the French border city 500 years ago. The result is spectacular.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Serious Black woman in formal outfit gazing intently.
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Clemency

by Rógan Graham

An astonishing, intense performance from Alfre Woodard carries this sombre, powerful death row drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Group of adults in formal attire standing in an office setting.
Review

Bad Education

by Hannah Strong

Hugh Jackman plays a tricksy teacher in director Cory Finley’s pitch-black classroom comedy.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A young man embracing a young woman by a window, with plants in the background.
Review

Litigante

by David Jenkins

A moving account of a mother trying desperately to balance a scandal at work and a health drama at home.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
An elderly man with a long beard embracing a young woman on a foggy, rural road.
Review

A White, White Day

by Trevor Johnston

A police chief’s suspicion turns into an obsession in this chilly Icelandic drama from Hlynur Palmason.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A group of people wearing backpacks and hiking gear walking through a grassy field at sunset.
Review

Da 5 Bloods

by Leila Latif

Spike Lee tackles black trauma, white saviourism and the ingloriousness of war in this searing Vietnam epic.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Tattooed man standing with arms outstretched in the street, wearing sunglasses.
Review

The King of Staten Island

by Hannah Strong

Pete Davidson fictionalises his own adolescence in Judd Apatow’s warmest bro comedy to date.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two men in a recording studio, one speaking into a microphone while the other observes.
Review

The Vast of Night

by Josh Slater-Williams

Andrew Patterson’s incredible debut feels like a spiritual successor to Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person with dark hair sitting on a bed, looking pensive and introspective, with a dim light highlighting their face.
Review

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

by Hannah Strong

Eliza Hittman’s emotionally bruising, exceptionally tender abortion drama is not to be missed.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect