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Electric Malady

By Billie Walker

Marie Liden offers an insight into one man's experience with debilitating electrosensitivity in her moving feature debut.

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Close

By Hannah Strong

The dissolution of a tight friendship and a subsequent tragedy have a profound impact on the life of 13-year-old Léo in Lukas Dhont's poignant drama.

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I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)

By David Jenkins

A mother attempts to scrape together a deposit for a house over a single day in Kelley Kali and Angelique Molina’s dramatically-underpowered response to post-pandemic life.

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Fashion Reimagined

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

The story of Amy Powney and her journey to create truly sustainable and ethical clothes oscillates between the fascinating and the tiresome.

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Cocaine Bear

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

A rag-tag group must outwit a bear on a drug-filled rampage in an American national park in Elizabeth Banks' gory comedy-thriller.

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Joyland

By Xuanlin Tham

A conservative Pakistani family in Lahore fracture when modernity meets tradition in Saim Sadiq's intimate drama.

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Creature

By Lillian Crawford

Asif Kapadia’s collaboration with choreographer Akram Khan expertly manifests Michael Powell’s dream of a feature-length ballet film.

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The Strays

By Anton Bitel

A woman who has worked hard to hide her past finds she can't run from it forever in Nathaniel Martello-White's assured debut.

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Broker

By Charles Bramesco

Hirokazu Koreeda's latest tale of found families focuses on an illegal South Korean adoption scheme, run by two grifters with hearts of gold.

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Marcel the Shell with Shoes on

By Michael Leader

A sentient shell sets out to find his family with help from a documentary filmmaker in Dean Fleischer-Camp's effortlessly charming feature debut.

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Nostalgia

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

After 40 years away, a man returns to his hometown of Naples and discovers vengeful spirits in Mario Martone's crime drama.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

By Jake Cole

Scott Lang and his pint-sized family of heroes face off against Kang the Conquerer in this latest uninspiring Marvel outing.

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The Son

By Hannah Strong

Playwright-turned-filmmaker Florian Zeller's follow-up to The Father fails to achieve the emotional resonance of its predecessor.

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The Inspection

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

A new marine struggles with the restrictive, homophobic environment of the US military in Elegance Bratton's semi-autobiographical drama.

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Town of Strangers

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

An intrepid filmmaker travels to the Irish nowherestown of Gort to explore the expansive concept of home among its diverse residents.

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You Resemble Me

By Marina Ashioti

After two young sisters separated from each other in foster care, the eldest struggles to find her place in the world in Dina Amer's affecting drama.

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Women Talking

By Lillian Crawford

A group of women in a remote Mennonite colony meet in secret in Sarah Polley's moving adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel.

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Blue Jean

By Sarah Cleary

A closeted lesbian PE teacher grapples with the ramifications of Section 28 as a new student joins her class.

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