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Review

System Crasher

by Millicent Thomas

Nora Fingscheidt’s nar­ra­tive debut fol­lows a wild child who’s been failed by Germany’s fos­ter system.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Lucy in the Sky

by Hannah Strong

Astro­naut Natal­ie Port­man strug­gles to adapt to life back on earth in Noah Hawley’s dull space drama.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Close-up of a woman wearing a black headscarf, looking pensive against a backdrop of rubble and debris.
Review

The Cave

by Matt Turner

Syr­i­an film­mak­er Feras Fayyad pro­vides anoth­er wrench­ing por­trait of the peo­ple most afflict­ed by the civ­il war.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Honey Boy

by Hannah Strong

Shia LaBeouf plays his own father in this drama­tised account of his own trou­bled childhood.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

So Long, My Son

by Josh Slater-Williams

Wang Xiaoshuai’s domes­tic dra­ma charts a gen­er­a­tion of polit­i­cal and social upheaval in his native China.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Motherless Brooklyn

by Adam Woodward

Edward Nor­ton directs and stars in this patch­work New York noir about a Tourette-suf­fer­ing pri­vate eye.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Street

by Maria Nae

Pho­tog­ra­ph­er Zed Nel­son doc­u­ments the changes to one street in East Lon­don over a four-year period.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Shooting the Mafia

by David Jenkins

Kim Longinotto’s lat­est doc­u­men­tary offers a stark, dero­man­ti­cised look at the Sicil­ian Mafia.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Knives Out

by David Jenkins

Rian John­son does his best Agatha Christie impres­sion in this riotous, star-packed homage to the clas­sic whodunnit.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Atlantics

by David Jenkins

Mati Diop announces her­self as a major new tal­ent with this Goth­ic-tinged roman­tic mystery.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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