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His Three Daughters review – fires on all pistons

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

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Girls Will Be Girls review – sympathetic to teendom

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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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In Camera review – a star is born in Nabhaan Rizwan

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

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Sing Sing review – Domingo and Maclin deliver powerhouse performances

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – squelchy, stripy sequel fun

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

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Blink Twice review – righteous fury in paradise

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Kneecap review – energised Irish pride

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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.

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Between the Temples review – a wise, wistful dramedy

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

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Babes review – a true bundle of joy

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

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I Saw the TV Glow review – an instant queer classic

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

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About Dry Grasses review – consistently mind-expanding

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Crossing review – sensitive and soulful

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

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Sleep review – Jason Yu has the juice

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

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Longlegs review – a harrowing serial killer thriller

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

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