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Review

Dahomey review – a blueprint for anti-colonialist action

by David Jenkins

Mati Diop offers a cre­ative and mov­ing guide to dis­cussing anti-colo­nial­ist action in her very fine fol­low-up to 2019’s Atlantics.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Timestalker review – ripples with insight and emotion

by David Jenkins

Alice Lowe’s mirac­u­lous sec­ond fea­ture is a tri­umph of imag­i­na­tion, soul-search­ing and a refined com­ic instinct.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

The Outrun review – sensationally directed and performed

by Katherine McLaughlin

Saoirse Ronan stars as a young woman bat­tling alco­holism on the Orkney Isles in Nora Fin­gschei­dt’s adap­ta­tion of Amy Lip­trot­t’s best­selling memoir.

4
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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

His Three Daughters review – fires on all pistons

by David Jenkins

Car­rie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Eliz­a­beth Olsen play estranged sis­ters reunit­ing to care for their ail­ing father in Azazel Jacobs’ affect­ing cham­ber drama.

4
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4
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4
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Review

Girls Will Be Girls review – sympathetic to teendom

by Natasha Jagger

Shuchi Talati’s sen­si­tive Sun­dance sen­sa­tion focus­es on a teenage girl in North India who expe­ri­ences first love amid clash­ing with her mother.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

In Camera review – a star is born in Nabhaan Rizwan

by Hannah Strong

Naqqash Khalid’s inven­tive fea­ture debut is a spiky take on nav­i­gat­ing the British film indus­try as a non-white actor.

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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Red Rooms review – a claustrophobic tech-tinged nightmare

by Hannah Strong

Pas­cal Plante’s haunt­ing dra­ma exam­ines the dark real­i­ty of the true crime indus­tri­al com­plex in ele­gant and aus­tere fashion.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Rebel Ridge review – Aaron Pierre delivers the goods and then some

by Kambole Campbell

Jere­my Saulnier returns with a flinty, restrained crime-con­spir­a­cy thriller explor­ing small town police cor­rup­tion and the one guy who they should nev­er have messed with.

4
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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Sing Sing review – Domingo and Maclin deliver powerhouse performances

by Isaac Feldberg

Set in a cor­rec­tion­al facil­i­ty, Greg Kwedar’s poignant dra­ma offers an explo­ration of art’s trans­for­ma­tive potential.

4
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4
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4
In Retrospect
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Review

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – squelchy, stripy sequel fun

by Hannah Strong

Bur­ton, Keaton and Ryder turn up the juice and see what shakes loose in a sequel 36 years in the mak­ing that man­ages to deliv­er plen­ty of laughs even if it’s all a bit chaotic.

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4
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3
In Retrospect