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Bird review – a magical, energetic marvel

by Hannah Strong

Social and mag­i­cal real­ism merge in Andrea Arnold’s scin­til­lat­ing Thames Estu­ary fable about the friend­ship between a latchkey kid and a smil­ing wan­der­er search­ing for home.

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In Retrospect
Three men in military uniforms and hats, one appears to be giving instructions to the others.
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Disco Boy review – a bold yet banal character study

by Marina Ashioti

Two men in search of a bet­ter life meet by chance in the Niger Delta – one in the French For­eign Legion, the oth­er a rev­o­lu­tion­ary with dreams of becom­ing a dancer.

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Review

Passages review – a tantalising romantic car-crash

by David Jenkins

Ira Sachs returns with an inti­mate, intense three-han­der about a Fass­binder-like film direc­tor played by the great Franz Rogowski.

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Two men with eyes closed, touching foreheads in a tender, intimate moment.
Review

Great Freedom

by Lillian Crawford

Sebas­t­ian Meise’s pro­found­ly sen­su­al sec­ond fea­ture is anchored by a stand­out per­for­mance from Franz Rogowski.

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Review

Undine

by David Jenkins

Paula Beer plays a woman with a super­nat­ur­al secret in this uncon­ven­tion­al mod­ern-day fairy tale.

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Review

Transit

by Trevor Johnston

There’s shades of Casablan­ca in Chris­t­ian Petzold’s riv­et­ing peri­od romance, set in Nazi-occu­pied France.

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Review

Victoria

by David Jenkins

Sebas­t­ian Schipper’s sen­sa­tion­al sin­gle-take thriller is an ode to the art of filmmaking.

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