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Predator: Badlands review – a strangely wholesome take on the masked hunter

by Justine Smith

Limb-lopping bloodshed is out; sunny friendship dynamics are in for Dan Trachtenberg latest journey into the Predator Cinematic Universe.

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Train Dreams review – Joel Edgerton has never been better

by Laura Venning

Clint Bentley and co-writer Greg Kwedar evoke the melancholy and grandeur of Terrence Malick in their adaptation of Denis Johnson’s best-selling novella.

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Belén review – a superior femme-focused legal thriller from Argentina

by David Jenkins

Dolores Fonzi channels Pedro Almodóvar in this taut, true-life tale of a woman who is wrongly arrested while in hospital.

Jennifer Lawrence, a blonde woman a floral dress, and Robert Pattinson in a yellow checked shirt and jeans, dance in a room with patterned wallpaper.

Die My Love review – Lynne Ramsay articulates the inarticulate

by Hannah Strong

Lynne Ramsay finds a kindred spirit in Jennifer Lawrence, joining forces for a blistering portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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Anemone review – Daniel Day-Lewis’s return to the screen is a dour slog

by David Jenkins

There are some moments of pure magic in Ronan Day-Lewis’s directorial debut, but a tone of perpetual glumness doesn’t make for a fun time at the movies.

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Dragonfly review – comes tumbling down in a clumsy final act

by Emily Maskell

Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn shine in this ultimately frustrating work of social realism from British writer/director Paul Andrew Williams.

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Palestine 36 review – tells the story straight

by Marcel Steinbauer-Lewis

Annemarie Jacir dramatises the events of 1936 in Mandatory Palestine that led to a revolt against British colonial rule.

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Kontinental ’25 review – incisive, accessible and deeply true to life

by Marina Ashioti

Romanian provocateur Radu Jude takes us on a collective guilt trip in this angry, dialogue-driven satire set in the Transylvanian capital.

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Relay review – Riz Ahmed shines in this slick corporate espionage thriller

by David Jenkins

David Mackenzie depicts the shady world of corporate whistleblowing and private fixers in this compelling Hitchcockian B‑movie.

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Shelby Oaks review – convoluted, lore-obsessed, overly sentimental

by Billie Walker

Prepare to be sorely disappointed by Chris Stuckmann’s soulless attempt to revive found footage storytelling in horror.