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Missing

By Alison Rumfitt

Storm Reid anchors an enjoyable, twisty thriller that leaves an unfortunate sour taste in the mouth.

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Sick Of Myself

By David Jenkins

A competitive pair of self-obsessed narcissists will do just about anything for attention in Kristoffer Borgli’s satirical feature debut.

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A Thousand And One

By Cheyenne Bunsie

A woman recently released from prison raises her young son against the backdrop of a rapidly-changing New York City in AV Rockwell's Sundance prizewinning feature.

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Renfield

By Hannah Strong

Nicholas Hoult plays Count Dracula’s long-suffering servant in Chris McKay’s underwhelming horror-comedy.

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Loving Highsmith

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eva Vitija's thoughtful documentary is a measured look at a singular, enigmatic literary voice.

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One Fine Morning

By Savina Petkova

Léa Seydoux stars as a single mother entangled in an affair with a married man in Mia Hansen-Løve's powerful eighth feature.

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Pacifiction

By David Jenkins

The Polynesian island of Tahiti represents a tropical purgatory for the French colonists in Albert Serra’s apocalyptic political thriller.

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Cairo Conspiracy

By Charles Bramesco

Tarik Saleh’s latest sees the election of a new Grand Imam take place in Egypt’s most prestigious university for Islamic scholarship.

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Beau is Afraid

By Hannah Strong

Joaquin Phoenix plays a chronically nervous man on a mission to get home in Ari Aster's scattered third feature.

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Evil Dead Rise

By David Jenkins

Lee Cronin’s affectionate, gore-caked remix of Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead offers an innovative and breathtaking model of how to exhume a beloved genre franchise.

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Suzume

By Alicia Haddick

Makoto Shinkai's third feature continues his fantastical vision with a teenage girl who accidentally opens a magical portal, but fails to make the same impact as Your Name and Weathering With You.

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The Pope’s Exorcist

By Hannah Strong

Russell Crowe plays a priest charged by the Vatican with driving out demons in Julius Avery's underwhelming religious horror.

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Blue Bag Life

By Marina Ashioti

Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Lisa Selby’s feature documentary aims to explore the interconnected prisms of addiction and unorthodox motherhood.

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Air

By Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck returns to the director's chair, fictionalising the fascinating story of how an iconic shoe was born.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie

By Michael Leader

Nintendo and Illumination team up to give everyone's favourite fictional plumber an animated makeover, with soulless results.

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Godland

By Josh Slater-Williams

A Danish priest mounts an escapade to Iceland with a camera in hand and a dream of building a church in Hlynur Pálmason’s darkly comic epic.

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Leonor Will Never Die

By David Jenkins

A retired action film screenwriter falls into a coma that transforms into one of her own scripts in Martika Ramirez Escobar's debut feature.

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

By Hannah Strong

The team behind Game Night offer a peppy spin on the classic 1970s roleplaying game, with Chris Pine as a rogue seeking revenge on those who have wronged him.

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