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The Painted Bird

By David Jenkins

A young boy navigates a war-ravaged landscape in Czech director Václav Marhoul’s bleak opus.

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Max Richter’s Sleep

By Thomas Hobbs

Max Richter’s eight-hour concept album is brought to life via Natalie Johns’s immersive concert film.

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Real

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A couple struggles to reconcile their new romance with their emotional baggage in Aki Omoshaybi’s directorial debut.

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Mulan

By Leila Latif

Disney’s live action remake ditches the kitsch and catchy songs – and is arguably weaker for it.

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Isadora’s Children

By Josh Slater-Williams

Damien Manivel’s drama captures the grace and poise of pioneering choreographer Isadora Duncan.

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Koko-di Koko-da

By Anton Bitel

A grieving couple embark on a camping trip in writer/director Johannes Nyholm’s folkloric psychological horror.

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Les Misérables

By David Jenkins

The hardships of daily life in one of Paris’ toughest neighbourhoods are captured in Ladj Ly’s La Haine-esque debut.

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Bill & Ted Face the Music

By Charles Bramesco

The Wyld Stallyns return after nearly three decades out of the saddle. The result could hardly be more excellent.

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Hope Gap

By Lillian Crawford

Annette Bening, Bill Night and Josh O’Connor star in this heartrending story of marital strife on the shoreline.

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I’m Thinking of Ending Things

By Hannah Strong

Charlie Kaufman presents a mind-bending psychodrama about a young woman’s journey to meet her boyfriend’s parents.

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Matthias & Maxime

By Hannah Strong

Xavier Dolan returns to his Québécois roots with this lilting reflection on lost youth and unspoken love.

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Rising Phoenix

By Lillian Crawford

This powerful documentary charts the history of the Paralympics and its positive impact on disability representation.

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She Dies Tomorrow

By Lillian Crawford

Amy Seimetz’s neon-soaked danse macabre is one of the year’s most chilling and effective horrors.

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Tenet

By Adam Woodward

A stoppable force meets an infinitely movable object in Christopher Nolan’s continuum-shattering sci-fi thriller.

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Chemical Hearts

By Charles Bramesco

Riverdale sweetheart Lili Reinhart plays a star-crossed high schooler in this stilted teen weepie from Richard Tanne.

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Ava

By Lillian Crawford

Classical interests mask taboo-breaking desires in Sadaf Foroughi’s Tehran-set high school drama.

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Perfumes

By Lillian Crawford

Emmanuelle Devos stars as a fragrance maker extraordinaire in this slight sensory drama from Grégory Magne.

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An Easy Girl

By Lillian Crawford

This sun-bleached, Cannes-set romantic drama from director Rebecca Zlotowski is not to be missed.

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