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Review

Both Sides of the Blade

by David Jenkins

Juli­ette Binoche and Vin­cent Lin­don deliv­er the dra­mat­ic goods in French mas­ter Claire Denis’ nuanced explo­ration of mar­ried life.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Bodies Bodies Bodies

by Hannah Strong

Hali­na Rei­jn’s amus­ing sec­ond fea­ture satiris­es Gen Z nihilism but does­n’t have much to say about the pop cul­ture stereo­types it depicts.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

See How They Run

by Hannah Strong

An all-star cast can’t save this pre­dictable, often irri­tat­ing attempt at putting a twist on Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Crimes of the Future

by Sarah Cleary

Extreme surgery replaces sex in body hor­ror mae­stro David Cronenberg’s ambi­tious blends of sci­ence fic­tion and film noir.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Dry Ground Burning

by Marina Ashioti

Joana Pimen­ta and Adir­ley Queirós blur fic­tion and doc­u­men­tary in their hybrid tale of Brazil­ian resis­tance, inde­pen­dence and survival.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Three Thousand Years of Longing

by Catherine Bray

Mad Max direc­tor George Miller returns to the big screen with an adap­ta­tion of mod­ern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightin­gale’s Eye.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Forgiven

by Josh Slater-Williams

Jes­si­ca Chas­tain and Ralph Fiennes are unhap­pi­ly mar­ried in John Michael McDon­agh’s unin­spired cul­ture clash drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Beast

by Esther Rosenfield

Idris Elba is a father men­aced by a killer lion in this capa­ble but slight thriller.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Black Mail

by David Jenkins

An online porn addict becomes the tar­get for pan­tomime Russ­ian cyber crims in this twisty, Lon­don-set thriller.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Official Competition

by David Jenkins

Pené­lope Cruz excels as a preen­ing art­house film­mak­er in this deli­cious satire of mak­ing art with­out compromise.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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