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Review

Everything Went Fine

by David Jenkins

François Ozon’s adap­ta­tion of Emmanuèle Bernheim’s nov­el focus­es on the rela­tion­ship between a father and daughter.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Lightyear

by Hannah Strong

Pixar crash land with an under­whelm­ing sci-fi spin-off focused on Toy Sto­ry’s Star Com­man­der Buzz Lightyear.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

by Leila Latif

A retired wid­ow sets out on a jour­ney of sex­u­al dis­cov­ery in Sophie Hyde’s sen­su­al, sex-pos­i­tive dramedy.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Pleasure

by Savina Petkova

A young woman sets out to become the next adult film super­star in Nin­ja Thyberg’s auda­cious fea­ture debut.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Swan Song

by Emily Maskell

Udo Kier plays a world-weary styl­ist who returns to his home­town for a lucra­tive job in Todd Stephens’ touch­ing comedy-drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Jurassic World: Dominion

by Leila Latif

The return of some famil­iar faces can’t save this dire dino flick from feel­ing like a cyn­i­cal cash grab.

3
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

All My Friends Hate Me

by Adam Woodward

A birth­day par­ty turns into the week­end from hell for the man of the hour in Andrew Gaynord’s hor­ror-tinged social satire.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Il Buco

by David Jenkins

This sin­gu­lar, awe-strik­ing reen­act­ment of an Ital­ian cave explo­ration from the 1960s is one of the year’s major achievements.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Earwig

by Saffron Maeve

A young girl with ice cubes for teeth comes of age in strange ways in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s dis­turb­ing and ellip­ti­cal latest.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Camera is Ours: Britain’s Women Documentary Makers

by Matt Turner

A fine and nec­es­sary port­man­teau of British doc­u­men­taries all made by less­er-known women filmmakers.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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