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Woman in green dress walking two dogs on a night-time street with trees and lighting.
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Nightbitch – first-look review

by Jourdain Searles

Amy Adams is on great form in Marielle Heller’s adap­ta­tion of Rachel Yoder’s nov­el about a new moth­er who is alarmed dis­cov­er she is turn­ing into a dog.
A dressing room scene with several people getting ready, surrounded by mirrors and lighting. Warm tones predominate, with a cosy, intimate atmosphere.
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Saturday Night – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Jason Reit­man pans back to 1975 and Lorne Michaels’ ambi­tious plans for a live broad­cast sketch show in his fan­fic­tion retelling of SNL’s inception.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing in a forest, both smiling.
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Eden – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Ron Howard tries his hand at the camp his­tor­i­cal caper in this iron­i­cal­ly-titled and decid­ed­ly light­weight 1930s-set runaround with Jude Law and Vanes­sa Kirby.
Close-up of a person wearing a dark outfit with sequinned embellishments against a blurred night-time cityscape background.
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The Last Showgirl – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Pamela Ander­son excels as an over-the-hill Vegas show­girl see­ing out her notice peri­od in this low-key, vibey back­stage dra­ma from Gia Coppola.
A serious-looking Black woman with braided hair, wearing a green jacket, speaking on a mobile phone.
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Hard Truths – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Reunit­ing with Mar­i­anne Jean-Bap­tiste, Mike Leigh makes a wel­come return to con­tem­po­rary film­mak­ing with a sear­ing por­trait of a woman on the brink.
Two people, a man and a woman, walking and smiling in a park setting.
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We Live in Time – first-look review

by Mark Asch

John Crow­ley deliv­ers a mil­len­ni­al can­cer weepie with two game leads in Flo­rence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
Person blowing out candles on birthday cake in a kitchen setting.
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The End – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Joshua Oppen­heimer returns with an ambi­tious, post-apoc­a­lyp­tic musi­cal whose the­mat­ic flights of fan­cy are always just a lit­tle too strident.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A shirtless man striking a fighting pose in a wooded outdoor setting, wearing camouflage trousers.
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Boy Kills World – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

A deaf-mute young man swears revenge on the group that mur­dered his fam­i­ly in Moritz Mohr’s blood­thirsty but tedious direc­to­r­i­al debut.
Two adults, a man with a beard and glasses and a woman, face each other in close proximity, lit by warm evening sunlight.
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Dream Scenario – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Nico­las Cage plays an oth­er­wise unre­mark­able col­lege pro­fes­sor who unex­pect­ed­ly finds him­self appear­ing in peo­ples’ dreams in Kristof­fer Bor­gli’s lat­est satire.
A bearded man wearing a straw hat and striped top, with a woman in sunglasses behind him.
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Poolman – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

There’s a whole lot of Chi­na­town in Chris Pine’s direc­to­r­i­al debut Pool­man, an Ange­leno neo-noir with a script that gives Robert Towne more than fair grounds to sue for damages.