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Red Rooms review – a claustrophobic tech-tinged nightmare

By Hannah Strong

Pascal Plante's haunting drama examines the dark reality of the true crime industrial complex in elegant and austere fashion.

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Rebel Ridge review – Aaron Pierre delivers the goods and then some

By Kambole Campbell

Jeremy Saulnier returns with a flinty, restrained crime-conspiracy thriller exploring small town police corruption and the one guy who they should never have messed with.

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Starve Acre review – all texture and no teeth

By Michael Leader

Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play a couple who move to an isolated Yorkshire Dales estate in Daniel Kokotajlo’s folk horror.

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Paradise is Burning review – chaotic and wonderfully tense

By Grace Dodd

Rage, tenderness and no small amount of laughter combine in this nuanced portrayal of the Swedish working-class from writer/director Mika Gustafson.

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Sing Sing review – Domingo and Maclin deliver powerhouse performances

By Isaac Feldberg

Set in a correctional facility, Greg Kwedar's poignant drama offers an exploration of art’s transformative potential.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – squelchy, stripy sequel fun

By Hannah Strong

Burton, Keaton and Ryder turn up the juice and see what shakes loose in a sequel 36 years in the making that manages to deliver plenty of laughs even if it's all a bit chaotic.

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Cadejo Blanco review – a stand-out performance from Karen Martínez

By David Jenkins

A young woman in Guatemala takes a deadly risk to find her missing sister in Justin Lerner's tense thriller.

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Blink Twice review – righteous fury in paradise

By Hannah Strong

Zoë Kravitz makes her directorial debut with this gutsy thriller about a dream vacation that quickly takes a dark turn.

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Kneecap review – energised Irish pride

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A couple of Belfast likely lads set out on a journey of rap-based resistance in Rich Peppiatt's cheeky pseudo-bio of the band Kneecap.

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Clandestina review – fails to do Tengarrinha’s story justice

By Maes Kerr

Maria Mire directs this innovative documentary about Margarida Tengarrinha, a member of the Portuguese Communist Party during António de Oliveira Salazar's premiership.

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Between the Temples review – a wise, wistful dramedy

By Hannah Strong

Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane star in a beautifully told story of grief, faith, and finding each other in a time of crisis.

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Cuckoo review – never quite takes flight

By Hannah Strong

A young woman begins to suspect something is desperately wrong at the ski resort her family have moved to in Tilman Singer's uneven sophomore film.

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Hollywoodgate review – a fascinating, chilling, if limited study

By David Jenkins

An abandoned CIA base in Kabul becomes a playground for the resurgent Taliban in Ibrahim Nash’at's intriguing piece of documentary reportage.

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Only the River Flows review – a spellbinding nightmare

By Josh Slater-Williams

A detective is haunted by a murder case he can't crack in Wei Shujun's unsettling crime drama.

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Alien: Romulus review – does enough to get a passing mark

By David Jenkins

The Xenomorphs are allowed to run amok once more in this passable franchise offshoot.

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Trap review – classic Shyamalan, hold the twist

By Hannah Strong

M Night Shyamalan sets the stage for a killer game of cat and mouse as a psychopath attempts to outsmart the FBI while taking his daughter to see her favourite pop star.

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Borderlands review – rage-quit worthy video game slop

By Juan Barquin

Eli Roth's slapdash adaptation of the brash video game series is a joyless slog despite the presence of Cate Blanchett.

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