Reviews

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Review

The Queen Of My Dreams review – exceptionally pleasant

by Grace Dodd

Fawzia Mirza's joyful, Bollywood-inspired debut feature explores a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Red Rooms review – a claustrophobic tech-tinged nightmare

by Hannah Strong

Pascal Plante's haunting drama examines the dark reality of the true crime industrial complex in elegant and austere fashion.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Rebel Ridge review – Aaron Pierre delivers the goods and then some

by Kambole Campbell

Jeremy Saulnier returns with a flinty, restrained crime-conspiracy thriller exploring small town police corruption and the one guy who they should never have messed with.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Starve Acre review – all texture and no teeth

by Michael Leader

Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play a couple who move to an isolated Yorkshire Dales estate in Daniel Kokotajlo’s folk horror.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Paradise is Burning review – chaotic and wonderfully tense

by Grace Dodd

Rage, tenderness and no small amount of laughter combine in this nuanced portrayal of the Swedish working-class from writer/director Mika Gustafson.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Sing Sing review – Domingo and Maclin deliver powerhouse performances

by Isaac Feldberg

Set in a correctional facility, Greg Kwedar's poignant drama offers an exploration of art’s transformative potential.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – squelchy, stripy sequel fun

by Hannah Strong

Burton, Keaton and Ryder turn up the juice and see what shakes loose in a sequel 36 years in the making that manages to deliver plenty of laughs even if it's all a bit chaotic.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Cadejo Blanco review – a stand-out performance from Karen Martínez

by David Jenkins

A young woman in Guatemala takes a deadly risk to find her missing sister in Justin Lerner's tense thriller.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Blink Twice review – righteous fury in paradise

by Hannah Strong

Zoë Kravitz makes her directorial debut with this gutsy thriller about a dream vacation that quickly takes a dark turn.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Kneecap review – energised Irish pride

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A couple of Belfast likely lads set out on a journey of rap-based resistance in Rich Peppiatt's cheeky pseudo-bio of the band Kneecap.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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