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The Night House

by Marina Ashioti

David Bruckner’s architectural horror stands up to the contemporary challenges of dabbling with ghosts and jump scares.

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3
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Wildland

by Rafa Sales Ross

Sidse Babett Knudsen excels in this claustrophobic crime drama from first-time director Jeanette Nordahl.

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4
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WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

by Flora Spencer Grant

This behind-the-scenes look at the ill-fated workplace startup buys into the capitalist ideals of its subject.

4
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2
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2
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I’m Your Man

by Caitlin Quinlan

Maria Schrader’s slightly flat sci-fi romance sees Dan Stevens play a humanoid robot designed for love.

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3
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Free Guy

by Leila Latif

Ryan Reynolds has an existential crisis inside a video game in this mostly entertaining action-adventure-comedy.

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3
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New Order

by Trevor Johnston

Michel Franco’s button-pushing drama sees Mexico’s super-rich get their comeuppance in spectacularly violent fashion.

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Boys from County Hell

by Marina Ashioti

Writer/​director Chris Baugh’s vampire comedy-horror fails to breathe new life into a stale genre.

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2
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Val

by Leigh Singer

Part playful scrap book, part poignant confessional, this documentary self-portrait reveals plenty about its subject.

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4
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El Father Plays Himself

by Matt Turner

This rich meta-documentary follows a father and son on a deeply personal filmmaking journey into the Amazon jungle.

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Stillwater

by Hannah Strong

Matt Damon fights for his daughter’s freedom in Tom McCarthy’s turgid drama based on the murder of Meredith Kercher.

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