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A young person lying inside a dark, crumbling concrete tunnel, with graffiti visible on the walls.
Review

Nezouh review – compassionate but needlessly convoluted

by Hamza Shehryar

Soudade Kaadan’s sec­ond fea­ture is tru­is­tic yet force­ful in exam­in­ing the com­plex­i­ties of human suf­fer­ing and con­fine­ment through a teenage girl stuck in the thick of the Syr­i­an civ­il war.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman holds a camera, focusing intently on the viewfinder whilst two figures stand in the background.
Review

Civil War review – sound without the fury

by Hannah Strong

Alex Gar­land’s vision of a future Amer­i­ca rav­aged by con­flict is impres­sive­ly mount­ed but lacks polit­i­cal bite.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two serious-looking men in outdated clothes, one older and one younger, against a backdrop of a mountainous, coastal landscape.
Interviews

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell on The Banshees of Inisherin

by Hannah Strong

The stars of Mar­tin McDon­agh’s lat­est reflect on their reunion on the islands of Inish­more and Achill, the scars of the Irish Civ­il War, and the weight of artis­tic legacy.
Older man in dark clothing sitting at wooden table, overlooking ocean and cliffs in the distance.
Festivals

The Banshees of Inisherin – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Mar­tin McDon­agh reunites with Col­in Far­rell and Bren­dan Glee­son for a bit­ing but charm­ing exam­i­na­tion of a dis­in­te­grat­ing friend­ship against the back­drop of the Irish Civ­il War.
A man in a beige jacket standing in a dimly lit room, with flames visible in the background.
Review

Escape from Mogadishu

by Kambole Campbell

Ryoo Seung-Wan’s action-thriller sees North and South Kore­an diplo­mats coop­er­ate in order to escape the onset of the Soma­lian Civ­il War.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two men in high-visibility jackets, one seated on a stretcher, the other standing beside him, in a night-time urban setting with a vehicle in the background.
Festivals

La Fracture – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A small domes­tic tiff spi­rals out into city-wide civ­il war in Cather­ine Corsini’s com­e­dy-infused polit­i­cal drama.
Horse-drawn wagons and people on horseback in a dusty desert landscape, with mountains visible in the background.
Review

News of the World

by Charles Bramesco

Tom Han­ks sad­dles up for a clas­si­cal­ly-styled west­ern about a Civ­il War vet­er­an who res­cues an orphaned girl.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man with curly hair and a moustache holding a rabbit in his hands, set against a blurred green background.
Not Movies

Ethan Hawke delivers a fiery sermon in The Good Lord Bird

by Emma Fraser

He stars as the con­tro­ver­sial abo­li­tion­ist John Brown in Showtime’s Civ­il War-era his­tor­i­cal drama.
A young woman with long dark hair wearing a light-coloured top, standing in a dimly lit room.
Review

Papicha

by Lillian Crawford

A group of young women come of age against the back­drop of civ­il war in Mou­nia Meddour’s vibrant, nuanced debut.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Close-up of a woman wearing a black headscarf, looking pensive against a backdrop of rubble and debris.
Review

The Cave

by Matt Turner

Syr­i­an film­mak­er Feras Fayyad pro­vides anoth­er wrench­ing por­trait of the peo­ple most afflict­ed by the civ­il war.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect