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Review

All of Us Strangers review – a supernova of a film

by Hannah Strong

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are elec­tric in Andrew Haigh’s twist on the mod­ern ghost sto­ry, adapt­ed from Taichi Yamada’s cult novel.

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5
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Review

Women Talking

by Lillian Crawford

A group of women in a remote Men­non­ite colony meet in secret in Sarah Pol­ley’s mov­ing adap­ta­tion of Miri­am Toews’ novel.

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5
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Review

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

by Lydia Figes

Bene­dict Cum­ber­batch is elec­tric in Will Sharpe’s tumul­tuous por­trait of a cat lover extra­or­di­naire, sup­port­ed by a stel­lar cast.

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3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Girl in the Spider’s Web

by Hannah Strong

Lis­beth Salan­der is back – with a new cast and a new direc­tor – in this weak attempt to revive the Drag­on Tat­too franchise.

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2
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Review

First Man

by Adam Woodward

Damien Chazelle’s drama­ti­sa­tion of the Apol­lo 11 mis­sion only scratch­es the sur­face of its human subject.

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3
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2
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Review

Unsane

by Matt Thrift

For­mal ambi­tion aside, there’s noth­ing out of the ordi­nary about Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone psychodrama.

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2
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Review

Breathe

by David Jenkins

Andy Serkis’ impres­sive direc­to­r­i­al debut is pow­ered by the out­stand­ing cen­tral pair­ing of Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy.

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