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A woman with short, curly blonde hair gazes intensely at the camera, wearing a black jacket.
Review

Thunderbolts* review – the best Marvel film in a while

by Fatima Sheriff

There’s a lot of superficial fun to be had with this superhero romp, which hasn’t been the case in the MCU for a long while.

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In Retrospect
Two men in period attire - one in a blue cap, the other in a cowboy hat - stand next to a vintage car in a rural setting.
Review

Sinners review – links the past and present with music and blood

by Kambole Campbell

Finally free from the Marvel machine, Ryan Coogler delivers the goods and then some with his music-powered, genre-splicing latest.

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In Retrospect
Cartoon character with a hat and oversized eyes pointing at a snail in the foreground.
Review

Memoir of a Snail – a stop-motion marvel with a dark heart

by David Jenkins

The life of a snail-fixated loner plays out as a series of disasters in this stridently emotional animated feature from Australian filmmaker, Adam Elliot.

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Outdoor scene with lush greenery, fields of tall grass, and a person in the distance with arms outstretched.
Review

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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5
In Retrospect
Three people, two women and one man, seated on a boat, looking out over water.
Review

Past Lives review – unravels as a marvel

by Rafa Sales Ross

Celine Song’s feature debut is a tender exploration of multiethnic romance, complimented by nuanced performances from Greta Lee and John Magaro.

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4
In Retrospect
Colourful, whimsical toy animals on a toy train, including a penguin and a creature with a mesh net.
In Praise Of

Why I love the train chase scene in The Wrong Trousers

by Eleanor Brady

Tom Cruise and Marvel can’t hold a candle to Aardman Animation’s nail-biting stop animation sequence in the classic Wallace and Gromit adventure.
An older man sitting at a desk, reading from papers by the light of a desk lamp in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

Close Your Eyes – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The long-awaited return of Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice is a slow-burn marvel which climaxes in a sequence of overwhelming profundity and mystery.
Two superheroes in colourful costumes facing each other in a dark, rocky setting.
Review

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

by Jake Cole

Scott Lang and his pint-sized family of heroes face off against Kang the Conquerer in this latest uninspiring Marvel outing.

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Two men wearing hats, sitting in a field of golden wheat.
Incoming

A new season at the BFI Southbank showcases the marvels of Afrofuturism

by Charles Bramesco

In the Black Fantastic explores racial identity through mythology, science-fiction, and the supernatural.
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Review

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

by Hannah Strong

Director Sam Raimi injects some much needed personality into Marvel’s latest brand-building exercise.

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