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The Dead Don’t Hurt review – elegiac and tenderly romantic

By David Jenkins

Viggo Mortensen's sombre take on the western evokes some classic Clint Eastwood films.

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Rosalie review – very simple and enjoyable

By Natasha Jagger

A young Frenchwoman in Brittany harbours a secret about her appearance until she marries a suitor interested in her dowry in this gentle period drama.

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Gasoline Rainbow review – glows brightly

By Katherine McLaughlin

The Ross Brothers create a portrait of youth in revolt in their first fiction film.

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The Beast review – a mind-boggling, sprawling romantic epic

By Hannah Strong

Across three timelines, a pair of lovers find each other again and again in Bertrand Bonello's ambitious, genre-defying latest.

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The Garfield Movie review – as messy as a child eating spaghetti

By David Jenkins

Another lacklustre animated foray into the lasagne-smeared world of Jim Davis’ most famous comic creation.

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – Miller you absolute mad man

By Hannah Strong

George Miller fires up his war rig and roars across the Australian outback once more, this time telling the origin story of the fearsome Imperator Furiosa.

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Hoard review – proudly strange and provocative

By David Jenkins

Seek out this stunning, empathetic and radical British debut from first-time British filmmaker Luna Carmoon.

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review – stop, I want to get off!

By Adam Woodward

The latest instalment in the simian cinema canon is a weak follow-up to the narrative established in its predecessors, as monkey in-fighting develops between various tribes.

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Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger review – a delicious whirlwind tour

By David Jenkins

A rousing personal journey with Martin Scorsese through the films made under the iconic banner of The Archers.

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La Chimera review – shows new ways a movie can be

By Esmé Holden

Alice Rohrwacher creates a magical fairytale about a group of tomb raiders, anchored by a soulful performance from Josh O'Connor.

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The Idea of You review – a sultry unexpectedly entertaining romance

By Hannah Strong

Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old single mother who embarks on a torrid love affair with a 24-year-old pop star in Michael Showalter's schmaltzy but not without charm rom-com.

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The Fall Guy review – good stunts, appalling script

By Hannah Strong

In David Leitch's bombastic salute to the Hollywood stunt industry, Ryan Gosling becomes inadvertently embroiled in a nefarious plot while trying to regain the trust of his former lover.

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Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review – a perfect lead performance

By David Jenkins

A happily single Georgian woman is forced to reconsider her life of solitude when she falls in love in Elene Naveriani's bittersweet romantic dramedy.

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Love Lies Bleeding review – hot, dirty, fast, combustible

By Hannah Strong

Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brien are on fire as star-crossed lovers who get into a sweaty mess in Rose Glass's lurid '80s throwback thriller.

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Nezouh review – compassionate but needlessly convoluted

By Hamza Shehryar

Soudade Kaadan’s second feature is truistic yet forceful in examining the complexities of human suffering and confinement through a teenage girl stuck in the thick of the Syrian civil war.

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The American Society of Magical Negroes review – an undercooked, frustrating satire

By Hamza Shehryar

Less Harry Potter and more American Fiction, this politically charged satire is more banal than it first seems.

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Abigail – avoid the trailer for maximum, bloody pleasure

By Anton Bitel

A pack of hired goons get more than they bargained for in this inventive and nasty evil kid romp.

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If Only I Could Hibernate – a very fine first feature

By Hamza Shehryar

This Mongolian drama of a poverty-stricken young academic abandoned by his mother makes for a intriguing debut.

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