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Review

One Fine Morning

by Savina Petkova

Léa Sey­doux stars as a sin­gle moth­er entan­gled in an affair with a mar­ried man in Mia Hansen-Løve’s pow­er­ful eighth feature.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Pacifiction

by David Jenkins

The Poly­ne­sian island of Tahi­ti rep­re­sents a trop­i­cal pur­ga­to­ry for the French colonists in Albert Serra’s apoc­a­lyp­tic polit­i­cal thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Group of men in traditional Islamic dress seated in a courtroom setting, with two men engaged in discussion.
Review

Cairo Conspiracy

by Charles Bramesco

Tarik Saleh’s lat­est sees the elec­tion of a new Grand Imam take place in Egypt’s most pres­ti­gious uni­ver­si­ty for Islam­ic scholarship.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Beau is Afraid

by Hannah Strong

Joaquin Phoenix plays a chron­i­cal­ly ner­vous man on a mis­sion to get home in Ari Aster­’s scat­tered third feature.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Sinister figure in dark, menacing expression, glowing eyes, dark tones.
Review

Evil Dead Rise

by David Jenkins

Lee Cronin’s affec­tion­ate, gore-caked remix of Sam Raim­i’s The Evil Dead offers an inno­v­a­tive and breath­tak­ing mod­el of how to exhume a beloved genre franchise.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Suzume

by Alicia Haddick

Mako­to Shinkai’s third fea­ture con­tin­ues his fan­tas­ti­cal vision with a teenage girl who acci­den­tal­ly opens a mag­i­cal por­tal, but fails to make the same impact as Your Name and Weath­er­ing With You.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Man with a long, grey beard wearing a black robe in a dimly lit room.
Review

The Pope’s Exorcist

by Hannah Strong

Rus­sell Crowe plays a priest charged by the Vat­i­can with dri­ving out demons in Julius Avery’s under­whelm­ing reli­gious horror.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Red graffiti spelling "Mum" on wall, iron bedframe, messy bedroom.
Review

Blue Bag Life

by Marina Ashioti

Rebec­ca Lloyd-Evans and Lisa Selby’s fea­ture doc­u­men­tary aims to explore the inter­con­nect­ed prisms of addic­tion and unortho­dox motherhood.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man wearing blue-tinted glasses and a red and blue jacket sits at a desk in a room with framed photos on the wall.
Review

Air

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck returns to the direc­tor’s chair, fic­tion­al­is­ing the fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry of how an icon­ic shoe was born.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Animated characters: a plumber in red overalls, a princess in a red dress, and a mushroom-shaped creature.
Review

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

by Michael Leader

Nin­ten­do and Illu­mi­na­tion team up to give every­one’s favourite fic­tion­al plumber an ani­mat­ed makeover, with soul­less results.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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