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Two superheroes in colourful costumes facing each other in a dark, rocky setting.
Review

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

by Jake Cole

Scott Lang and his pint-sized fam­i­ly of heroes face off against Kang the Con­quer­er in this lat­est unin­spir­ing Mar­vel outing.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A pensive man with a serious expression, wearing a black jumper, in a dimly lit setting.
Review

The Son

by Hannah Strong

Play­wright-turned-film­mak­er Flo­ri­an Zeller’s fol­low-up to The Father fails to achieve the emo­tion­al res­o­nance of its predecessor.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two men, one shirtless and one in military uniform, standing in a dimly lit hallway.
Review

The Inspection

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

A new marine strug­gles with the restric­tive, homo­pho­bic envi­ron­ment of the US mil­i­tary in Ele­gance Brat­ton’s semi-auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Electronic road sign displaying 'GORT T', surrounded by grassy field and a school sign for Killeshin National School.
Review

Town of Strangers

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

An intre­pid film­mak­er trav­els to the Irish nowherestown of Gort to explore the expan­sive con­cept of home among its diverse residents.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Portrait of a woman wearing a blue headscarf and a beige hat, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression.
Review

You Resemble Me

by Marina Ashioti

After two young sis­ters sep­a­rat­ed from each oth­er in fos­ter care, the eldest strug­gles to find her place in the world in Dina Amer’s affect­ing drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Group of people sitting around a table in a dimly lit room.
Review

Women Talking

by Lillian Crawford

A group of women in a remote Men­non­ite colony meet in secret in Sarah Pol­ley’s mov­ing adap­ta­tion of Miri­am Toews’ novel.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Close-up of a person's face in profile, lit dramatically with blue and teal hues.
Review

Blue Jean

by Sarah Cleary

A clos­et­ed les­bian PE teacher grap­ples with the ram­i­fi­ca­tions of Sec­tion 28 as a new stu­dent joins her class.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Man in white shirt and woman in purple dress embracing in hotel room.
Review

Magic Mike’s Last Dance

by Hannah Strong

Mike Lane swaps Mia­mi for Lon­don in this frus­trat­ing­ly under­whelm­ing and unsexy threequel.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people dining at a table in a dimly lit restaurant, with a bottle of wine and food on the table.
Review

Husband

by Xuanlin Tham

Devo­rah Baum and Josh Appig­nane­si attempt to nav­i­gate their rela­tion­ship as they take a trip to the Unit­ed States.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Young girl looking out of a window with a thoughtful expression.
Review

Knock at the Cabin

by Hannah Strong

A fam­i­ly try­ing to enjoy a rur­al vaca­tion find them­selves faced with an impos­si­ble choice in M Night Shya­malan’s new apoc­a­lypse thriller.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect