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Review

Little Richard: I Am Everything

by David Jenkins

The ​“Quasar of Rock” is the sub­ject of this juicy and insight­ful doc­u­men­tary which prizes deep cul­tur­al analy­sis over the usu­al bob­bysox­er hysteria.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Love According to Dalva

by Alexandria Slater

Bel­gian film­mak­er Emmanuelle Nicot approach­es the sub­ject of child sex­u­al abuse with great sen­si­tiv­i­ty in her debut feature.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Polite Society

by Fatima Sheriff

Fol­low­ing the blast of sit­com joy that was We Are Lady Parts, Nida Man­zoor takes a giant leap to the big screen with an in-your-face com­e­dy about crane-kick­ing the face of tra­di­tion­al mores.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

An elder­ly man begins a remark­able jour­ney after dis­cov­er­ing that a for­mer col­league has ter­mi­nal can­cer in Het­tie Mac­don­ald’s adap­ta­tion of Rachel Joyce’s best-sell­ing novel.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

by Hannah Strong

An ensem­ble of rad­i­cal cli­mate activists attempt to sab­o­tage an oil pipeline in Daniel Gold­haber’s envi­ron­men­tal­ist action-thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Missing

by Alison Rumfitt

Storm Reid anchors an enjoy­able, twisty thriller that leaves an unfor­tu­nate sour taste in the mouth.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Sick Of Myself

by David Jenkins

A com­pet­i­tive pair of self-obsessed nar­cis­sists will do just about any­thing for atten­tion in Kristof­fer Borgli’s satir­i­cal fea­ture debut.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

A Thousand And One

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

A woman recent­ly released from prison rais­es her young son against the back­drop of a rapid­ly-chang­ing New York City in AV Rock­well’s Sun­dance prizewin­ning feature.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Renfield

by Hannah Strong

Nicholas Hoult plays Count Dracula’s long-suf­fer­ing ser­vant in Chris McKay’s under­whelm­ing horror-comedy.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Loving Highsmith

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eva Viti­ja’s thought­ful doc­u­men­tary is a mea­sured look at a sin­gu­lar, enig­mat­ic lit­er­ary voice.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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