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Hard Truths review – incredible in small, measured strokes

by Mark Asch

Reuniting with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Leigh makes a welcome return to contemporary filmmaking with a searing portrait of a woman on the brink.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Presence review – an enjoyably swift chiller

by Manuela Lazic

Steven Soderbergh plays with the cinematic form to craft a compelling story about family dynamics and grief.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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The Brutalist review – gorgeous, capital-C Cinema

by Hannah Strong

Adrien Brody is phenomenal in Brady Corbet’s sublime three-and-a-half hour drama, as a Jewish architect arrives in post-war America to a hostile new world.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Wolf Man review – a bit of a howler

by Adam Woodward

Leigh Whannell follows up The Invisible Man with another present-day revival of a Universal Monster. This one bites.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Here review – a forgiving and open mind is required for this one

by David Jenkins

This conceptually-intriguing folly sees Robert Zemeckis reteaming with Tom Hanks for an effects-driven everyman tale that never gets off the ground.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Emmanuelle review – anticlimactic and unerotic

by David Jenkins

Audrey Diwan’s cold take on the infamous erotic softcore French novel leaves a bit too much to be desired.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Vermiglio review – a hushed yet effectively emotive drama

by Natasha Jagger

Set in 1944, Maura Delpero’s Italian drama presents a complex familial portrait against the backdrop of a remote Alpine village.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Architecton review – taps into the short-order nature of modern construction

by David Jenkins

Viktor Kossakovsky takes us on a journey through the concrete and stone that makes up much of our modern world.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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The Damned review – haunting but disappointing

by Billie Walker

A young widow in an Icelandic fishing village faces difficult decisions in Thordur Pallson’s period folk horror.

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3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Babygirl review – intelligent, elegant adult filmmaking

by Hannah Strong

Halina Reijn’s psychodrama sees Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson go toe-to-toe as a CEO and an intern who become embroiled in a complex illicit affair.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect