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Review

The King of Staten Island

by Hannah Strong

Pete David­son fic­tion­alis­es his own ado­les­cence in Judd Apa­tow’s warmest bro com­e­dy to date.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Days of the Bagnold Summer

by David Jenkins

This melan­choly com­ic char­ac­ter por­trait of an emo­tion­al­ly estranged moth­er and son falls in its final act.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Guest of Honour

by David Jenkins

David Thewlis as a finicky health inspec­tor is the high point of this oth­er­wise bizarre and over­wrought melodrama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Uncertain Kingdom

by Thomas Hobbs

This anthol­o­gy of 20 short films presents an inter­est­ing but imbal­anced cross-sec­tion of mod­ern British life.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Krabi, 2562

by David Jenkins

Ben Rivers and Anocha Suwichako­rn­pong observe the local cus­toms of a South­ern Thai community.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Vast of Night

by Josh Slater-Williams

Andrew Patterson’s incred­i­ble debut feels like a spir­i­tu­al suc­ces­sor to Close Encoun­ters of the Third Kind.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Capone

by Charles Bramesco

Tom Hardy goes for broke in this pedes­tri­an twi­light-years biopic of noto­ri­ous mob­ster Al Capone.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

by Hannah Strong

Eliza Hittman’s emo­tion­al­ly bruis­ing, excep­tion­al­ly ten­der abor­tion dra­ma is not to be missed.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Three men attending to an elderly man seated in a red car.
Review

The Whistlers

by David Jenkins

Dou­ble, triple and quadru­ple cross­es play a part in this light­ly-eccen­tric gang­ster thriller from a Roman­ian great.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A group of people in red uniforms standing in a large indoor space with a glass roof and lush greenery.
Review

Spaceship Earth

by Charles Bramesco

The true sto­ry of a group of peo­ple who spent two years quar­an­tined in a giant repli­ca of Earth’s ecosystem.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect

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