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Three individuals, a man and two women, seated in a car.
Review

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat review – a sprawling geopolitical tapestry

by Phil Concannon

Johan Gri­mon­prez’s doc­u­men­tary explores the cir­cum­stances that led two Amer­i­can jazz musi­cians to crash the UN Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil in protest against the mur­der of Con­golese leader Patrice Lumumba.

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In Retrospect
Two people sitting in a flooded room, one wearing a black jacket and the other a white shirt, against a backdrop of shelves and a computer monitor.
Interviews

‘I watched the film crash and burn at the box office’ – Jang Joon-hwan on Save The Green Planet!

by James Balmont

The direc­tor of the cult clas­sic Kore­an wave sci-fi com­e­dy reflects on his wild debut two decades on, and the forth­com­ing remake from Yor­gos Lanthimos.
Three suited men, one older with glasses, sitting in the back of a car.
Festivals

Ex-Husbands – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ami­able Amer­i­can com­e­dy of dent­ed male egos in which Grif­fin Dunne’s recent divorcee acci­den­tal­ly crash­es his son’s bach­e­lor party.
Two figures intimately embracing, gazing into each other's eyes against a blurred blue background.
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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In Retrospect
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Review

Lightyear

by Hannah Strong

Pixar crash land with an under­whelm­ing sci-fi spin-off focused on Toy Sto­ry’s Star Com­man­der Buzz Lightyear.

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In Retrospect
Two female faces in close-up, one with pensive expression, the other with confident demeanour. Vibrant red and warm tones dominate the image.
Top Ranking

The 10 best film soundtracks of 2021

by Thomas Hobbs

From Mica Levi’s crash­ing, trap-infused Zola score to Emile Mosseri’s del­i­cate piano work on Minari.
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Incoming

Roland Emmerich wants to crash the Moon into the Earth

by Charles Bramesco

The director’s next project will be a dis­as­ter movie of celes­tial proportions.
Blonde girl in red coat sitting in chair.
Review

System Crasher

by Millicent Thomas

Nora Fingscheidt’s nar­ra­tive debut fol­lows a wild child who’s been failed by Germany’s fos­ter system.

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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

How David Cronenberg’s Crash helped me overcome my fear of driving

by Brian Quinn

Fol­low­ing a trau­mat­ic child­hood acci­dent, this psy­cho­sex­u­al odd­i­ty empow­ered me to take back control.
A young boy wearing a red jumper sitting in a snowy, forested area, looking contemplative.
Review

Brightburn

by Charles Bramesco

A bad seed crash-lands to earth in this dark­ly enter­tain­ing riff on the Super­man legend.

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