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Arco review – primary-colour, major-key storytelling

by Michael Leader

Ugo Bienvenu’s feature debut is equal parts polished and particular, whimsical and weird.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Project Hail Mary review – an entertaining adventure, not a memorable one

by Hannah Strong

Ryan Gosling’s charisma is what really sells this adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel about a science teacher-turned-astronaut stranded in space.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man in black coat and bowler hat walking on wet path between bare trees, viewed from behind on overcast day.
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La Grazia review – trite banalities across the board

by David Jenkins

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest tries to recapture the unruly political bite of his early films, with mixed results.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Broken English review – an imaginative ode to the late Marianne Faithfull

by Katherine McLaughlin

The 60s rock legend gets a career-spanning portrait in the form an unconventional hybrid doc by filmmaker duo Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Scarlet review – a disappointing offering from an anime legend

by Callie Petch

Mamoru Hosada sings his typical notes atypically off-key in this ambitious but messy fantasy loosely inspired by Hamlet.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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A Pale View of Hills review – a sombre adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel

by David Jenkins

A final act revelation lands with a clunking thud in Kei Ishikawa’s downbeat story of a mother’s choice to leave Japan after the war. 

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Everybody to Kenmure Street review – a rare document of a protest with a very happy ending

by David Jenkins

A vital doc on a Glaswegian community’s act of civil resistance that managed to block the removal of two men from their neighbourhood.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Reminders of Him review - Colleen Hoover strikes again

by Emma Kiely

The latest Colleen Hoover book adaptation is a grim dose of misery and trauma porn punctuated by a terrible lead performance and an undeniable conservative sheen.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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How To Make A Killing review – social satire with no bite

by Hannah Strong

Glen Powell stars in John Patton Ford’s lacklustre satire about a disinherited rich kid scheming to take down his own family.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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The Great Arch review – the French landmark gets an origin story

by David Jenkins

Claes Bang is well-cast as the late, little known Danish architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, designer of Paris’s Grande Arche de la Défense.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Resurrection review – see it on the biggest screen you can

by Josh Slater-Williams

Bi Gan’s third feature is an epic in every sense of the word, taking viewers on a sprawling odyssey through cinema.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A woman in a brown robe sits at a dresser in a vintage-style room, with framed portraits on the wall behind her.
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Sound Of Falling review – a complex puzzle box powered by the sensory and sensual

by Hannah Strong

Mascha Schilinski’s beguiling drama follows four generations living in the same rural German farmhouse and the cyclical nature of their trauma.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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