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Four individuals wearing robes and headpieces in a dimly lit room with a decorative curtain and framed artwork.
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Haunted Mansion review – feels more like a product than a story

by Leila Latif

Justin Simien attempts to breathe life into Disney’s latest ride-based franchise starter, but despite a fine cast the results are a little scattered.

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Four young Asian women in traditional and contemporary outfits standing in a traditional East Asian architectural setting.
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Joy Ride review – hands-over-eyes, wretched hilarity

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

A quartet of mismatched women take a road trip across China in a journey of self-discovery in Adele Lim’s raunchy comedy.

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Monochrome image of a person lying on a plaid fabric, clutching a large stuffed toy. Dramatic lighting casts strong shadows.
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Kokomo City review – an impressively stylish debut

by Marina Ashioti

D Smith’s lively documentary offers a bold exploration of transness, womanhood, Blackness and the sex industry.

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Illuminated Eiffel Tower at night with person riding motorcycle on road in foreground.
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Paris Memories review – a poignant mediation on personal trauma

by Hannah Strong

Alice Winocour draws on her brother’s experiences of the 2015 Bataclan attack to create a drama about recovering from trauma.

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Assorted action figures of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, featuring vibrant green, blue, and orange colours.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem review – Turtle Power is alive and well

by Kambole Campbell

The pizza-loving, wisecracking anthropomorphic reptiles receive a substantial facelift in this charming animated outing, which embraces their adolescent spirit.

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Intense crimson and orange hues, abstract composition with blurry edges.
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Talk to Me review – visually and emotionally brutal horror

by Katherine McLaughlin

YouTube duo Michael and Danny Philippou make the ambitious leap to feature filmmaking with a thoroughly disturbing, uncompromising horror.

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Woman seated at bar, contemplating with glass of wine in hand, atmospheric lighting creates warm, intimate mood.
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You Hurt My Feelings review – slight but charming marital comedy

by Hannah Strong

Nicole Holofcener reteams with Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a gentle comedy about a writer who discovers her husband doesn’t like her work.

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Two women, one with short blonde hair and the other with dark hair, sitting in front of a yellow wall with lightning bolt shapes.
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Oppenheimer review – Cillian Murphy’s finest hour

by David Jenkins

This combustible and relentlessly-paced biography of the ​“father of the the atomic bomb” is a contender for Christopher Nolan’s best film.

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A man in a dark cloak stands alone on a rocky shoreline, his face obscured in shadow.
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My Name is Alfred Hitchcock review – deep film analysis with a twist

by David Jenkins

Mark Cousins’ analytical survey of the Hitchcock filmography draws on a strange and not entirely helpful special guest for its narration.

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Two figures in a pink and blue lit setting, one wearing a turquoise shirt and the other a sparkling dress, facing each other.
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Barbie review – a gorgeously weird blockbuster event

by Hannah Strong

Greta Gerwig’s behemoth blockbuster is a stranger, more fascinating film than its hyper-corporate marketing would suggest.

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