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Review

My Rembrandt

by Lillian Crawford

Dutch film­mak­er Oeke Hoogendijk exam­ines the endur­ing appeal of the art world’s Old Masters.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A young woman with long dark hair wearing a light-coloured top, standing in a dimly lit room.
Review

Papicha

by Lillian Crawford

A group of young women come of age against the back­drop of civ­il war in Mou­nia Meddour’s vibrant, nuanced debut.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A young woman with curly dark hair, wearing a striped top, sitting with her hands on her face.
Review

Perfect 10

by Keli Williams

A trou­bled young gym­nast expe­ri­ences the ups and down of ado­les­cence in Eva Riley ten­der debut feature.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a young man and woman, conversing in a field of leafy green plants.
Review

Young Ahmed

by Charles Bramesco

The Dar­d­enne broth­ers change tack with this provoca­tive por­trait of a teenage Mus­lim fundamentalist.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A young woman with dark hair wearing a white shirt and dark suspenders, looking pensive while sitting on a train.
Review

Yes, God, Yes

by Keli Williams

Natalia Dyer plays a Catholic girl who expe­ri­ences a pro­found sex­u­al awak­en­ing in Karen Maine’s smart reli­gious satire.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people with long dark hair, faces partially obscured, in front of blurred lights.
Review

Make Up

by Anton Bitel

A Cor­nish car­a­van park pro­vides the back­drop to a young woman’s sex­u­al (re)awakening in Claire Oakley’s impres­sive debut.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Again Once Again

by Lillian Crawford

Argen­tine actor and author Romi­na Paula turns direc­tor for this sub­lime medi­a­tion on mid­dle age womanhood.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman working on a complicated robotic device, surrounded by various electronic components and wires.
Review

Proxima

by Katie Goh

Direc­tor Alice Winocour and star Eva Green deliv­er a mov­ing addi­tion to the par­ent-in-space genre.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A smiling woman in a brown jumper lying in a grassy field with a coastal town in the background.
Review

Summerland

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Gem­ma Arter­ton plays a reclu­sive writer who redis­cov­ers her roman­tic side in Jes­si­ca Swale’s ten­der wartime drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two young people, a man with short hair and a woman with long, curly red hair, smiling and looking at each other on a city street.
Review

How to Build a Girl

by Katie Goh

Beanie Feld­stein brings bags of charm to this deft adap­ta­tion of Caitlin Moran’s com­ing-of-age novel.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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