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Young woman in a bright red sparkling leotard performing a dance routine.
Review

Athlete A

by Hannah Strong

Maggie Nichols and a raft of former gymnasts detail the sexual abuse they suffered within USA Gymnastics at the hands of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Person wearing glasses and headphones sitting in cockpit of an aircraft, focused on the instrument panel.
Review

7500

by Charles Bramesco

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a besieged pilot in this airborne thriller from German director Patrick Vollrath.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Rustic food stall with awning in field, people standing outside.
Review

Citizens of the World

by David Jenkins

A light, frisky Italian comedy about three old geezers looking to leave Rome for a more fulfilling life.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A group of people wearing backpacks and hiking gear walking through a grassy field at sunset.
Review

Da 5 Bloods

by Leila Latif

Spike Lee tackles black trauma, white saviourism and the ingloriousness of war in this searing Vietnam epic.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Tattooed man standing with arms outstretched in the street, wearing sunglasses.
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
Two people seated at a table, with "Childs" and "First n' last" sign visible through window.
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
Elderly man in dark suit sitting at table, looking serious and pointing.
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
Diverse group exercising in a gym with Union Jack flag in background.
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
Two lambs stand in a garden with a colourful ornate shrine visible in the background.
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
Two men in a recording studio, one speaking into a microphone while the other observes.
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