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LWLies Recommends

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Review

Cadejo Blanco review – a stand-out performance from Karen Martínez

by David Jenkins

A young woman in Guatemala takes a dead­ly risk to find her miss­ing sis­ter in Justin Lern­er’s tense thriller.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman wearing a sun hat and a man in a white shirt, standing in a lush, green garden.
Review

Blink Twice review – righteous fury in paradise

by Hannah Strong

Zoë Kravitz makes her direc­to­r­i­al debut with this gut­sy thriller about a dream vaca­tion that quick­ly takes a dark turn.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A group of people wearing orange and green uniforms walking on a road with hills in the background.
Review

Kneecap review – energised Irish pride

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A cou­ple of Belfast like­ly lads set out on a jour­ney of rap-based resis­tance in Rich Pep­pi­at­t’s cheeky pseu­do-bio of the band Kneecap.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Between the Temples review – a wise, wistful dramedy

by Hannah Strong

Jason Schwartz­man and Car­ol Kane star in a beau­ti­ful­ly told sto­ry of grief, faith, and find­ing each oth­er in a time of crisis.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two women, one pregnant, sitting near a window and smiling.
Review

Babes review – a true bundle of joy

by Leila Latif

Two life­long best friends find their rela­tion­ship test­ed as one of them nav­i­gates sin­gle moth­er­hood in Pamela Adlon’s delight­ful direc­to­r­i­al debut.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

I Saw the TV Glow review – an instant queer classic

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoen­brun’s sopho­more fea­ture is an unnerv­ing take on lone­li­ness, iso­la­tion, and the endur­ing mys­ter­ies of chil­dren’s media.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

About Dry Grasses review – consistently mind-expanding

by David Jenkins

Nuri Bilge Cey­lan’s mag­nif­i­cent lat­est fol­lows the dai­ly life of a can­tan­ker­ous Eng­lish teacher in a small Ana­tol­lian village.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Crossing review – sensitive and soulful

by Hannah Strong

A retired Geor­gian teacher sets out to reunite with her estranged niece in Istan­bul in Lev­an Akin’s com­pas­sion­ate third feature.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman and a man, sitting on a sofa in a living room. The woman wears a light-coloured top and the man wears a dark top.
Review

Sleep review – Jason Yu has the juice

by Josh Slater-Williams

A new­ly­wed cou­ple are haunt­ed by sleep­less nights in Jason Yu’s con­fi­dent, dark­ly humor­ous debut feature.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Longlegs review – a harrowing serial killer thriller

by Hannah Strong

A rook­ie FBI agent with psy­chic abil­i­ties hunts down a ruth­less ser­i­al killer in Osgood Perkins’ thor­ough­ly unnerv­ing, fan­tas­ti­cal­ly odd horror.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect