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Review

Bird review – a magical, energetic marvel

by Hannah Strong

Social and mag­i­cal real­ism merge in Andrea Arnold’s scin­til­lat­ing Thames Estu­ary fable about the friend­ship between a latchkey kid and a smil­ing wan­der­er search­ing for home.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Group of people sitting in courtroom, various ages and ethnicities, some using electronic devices.
Review

Juror #2 review – one of Clint Eastwood’s finest late-era films

by David Jenkins

Clint Eastwood’s 40th film offers a moral­ly com­plex riff on the tried-and-test­ed court­room dra­ma which cul­mi­nates in a killer final shot.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Anora review – an amazing, hypermodern concept for a film

by David Jenkins

A young sex work­er thinks she’s hit the jack­pot when she falls for a Russ­ian nepo baby, but his par­ents have oth­er plans in Sean Bak­er’s anti-rom-com.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Heretic review – Hugh Grant is a horror natural

by Leila Latif

Two Mor­mon mis­sion­ar­ies get more than they bar­gained for when they drop in on Hugh Grant in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ effec­tive psy­cho­log­i­cal horror.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Matt and Mara review – a sharp dramedy with magnetic leads

by Hannah Strong

Two col­lege friends reunite and recon­sid­er the tra­jec­to­ry of their lives in Kazik Rad­wan­ski’s keen­ly observed rela­tion­ship comedy-drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
Three people seated at a dining table, enjoying a meal and drinks together in a warm, cosy interior setting.
Review

The Front Room review – a strangely scatalogical chamber piece

by Patrick Sproull

The­atre leg­end Kathryn Hunter camps it up as a sin­is­ter old bid­dy ter­ror­is­ing her daugh­ter-in-law Brandy Nor­wood in the hor­ror debut from Max and Sam Eggers.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Close-up of a bearded man with a weathered face, wearing a dark, wet jacket, standing in a dark, rainy environment.
Review

Venom: The Last Dance review – air-headed escapism

by David Jenkins

Tom Hardy seems tired and con­fused in this com­ic book sci-fi sequel that hasn’t got an orig­i­nal bone in its alien sym­biote body.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Emilia Pérez review – a musical that barely wants to be a musical

by Juan Barquin

This ghast­ly musi­cal melo­dra­ma from Jacques Audi­ard tells of a Mex­i­can car­tel boss’ gen­der affirm­ing surgery.

3
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two women sitting on a teal sofa, engaged in conversation, surrounded by books and other items on a coffee table.
Review

The Room Next Door review – something is missing

by Hannah Strong

Pedro Almod­ó­var makes his Eng­lish-lan­guage debut with an adap­ta­tion of Sigrid Nunez’s What Are You Going Through, star­ring Julianne Moore and Til­da Swin­ton as old friends who reunite in a time of crisis.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A serious-faced young man wearing a red neckerchief and a white suit, surrounded by a dimly lit room with shelves in the background.
Review

Dahomey review – a blueprint for anti-colonialist action

by David Jenkins

Mati Diop offers a cre­ative and mov­ing guide to dis­cussing anti-colo­nial­ist action in her very fine fol­low-up to 2019’s Atlantics.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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