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Two women conversing by a yellow car in a wooded area with trees and greenery.
Review

The Quiet Girl

by Alicia Haddick

A young girl’s difficult home life takes a turn for the better in Colm Bairéad’s impressive debut feature.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A person in a dark coat standing in a dimly lit tunnel, with a bright light at the end.
Review

Men

by Hannah Strong

A woman reeling from a personal tragedy embarks on the holiday from hell in Alex Garland’s very British folk horror film.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two senior women sitting in a Chinese restaurant, one wearing a yellow jacket and the other a pink jumper.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once

by Weiting Liu

A Chinese-American family’s lives are changed forever across multiple universes in Daniels’ ambitious second feature.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Shattered glass covering a face, with fragments in various shades of red and brown against a blurred, dark background with specks of light.
Review

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

by Hannah Strong

Director Sam Raimi injects some much needed personality into Marvel’s latest brand-building exercise.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Musicians performing on stage, with a grand piano, drums, and other instruments.
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This Much I Know To Be True

by Marina Ashioti

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis perform an intimate yet expansive session at the Battersea Arts Centre. The results are mesmerising.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two elderly women, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat and the other in a long, light-coloured coat, standing together in an ornate interior setting.
Review

Downton Abbey: A New Era

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

The sprawling period drama returns to the big screen for a giddy swirl of lawns and penguin suits.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A group of young people, some standing, some sitting, on a concrete ledge against a blue sky. Various poses and styles of clothing, with speakers or sound equipment in the background.
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Casablanca Beats

by Marina Ashioti

A former rapper sets up a hip-hop programme for the participants of his local youth group in Nabil Ayouch’s well-meaning drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Close-up of a grey and white cat with bright yellow eyes peering through foliage.
Review

The Velvet Queen

by Natasha Jagger

Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier track the elusive endangered Tibetan snow leopard in this poetic wildlife documentary.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Surprised person in dark setting with colourful lights.
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

by Lillian Crawford

A teenage girl gets caught up in a mysterious online game in Jane Schoenbrun’s fascinating tech-horror debut.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two shirtless men with closely cropped hair embracing tenderly.
Review

Saint-Narcisse

by Marina Ashioti

Queercore godhead Bruce LaBruce returns with a wild, camp incest odyssey set in 1970s Quebec.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect