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Parasite

By Hannah Strong

Bong Joon-ho’s class-clash black comedy will burrow under your skin and stay there.

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Talking About Trees

By Maria Nae

Four local filmmakers attempt to revive cinema-going in Sudan in this playful, inspiring documentary.

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Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall

By Romelly Eavis

A colourful portrait of the famed photographer’s life, both behind and in front of the camera.

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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

By Glenn Heath Jr

Terry Gilliam finally completes his passion project after 30 years of planning. He shouldn’t have bothered.

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Queen & Slim

By David Jenkins

Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith are lovers on the run in Melina Matsoukas’ clumsy crime drama.

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The Rhythm Section

By Charles Bramesco

Blake Lively is hellbent on revenge in director Reed Morano’s female-inflected riff on James Bond.

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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

By Hannah Strong

Tom Hanks is perfectly cast as the late Fred Rogers, America’s favourite neighbour.

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The Lighthouse

By Elena Lazic

Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe take a brutal tumble into the abyss in Robert Eggers’ monochrome nightmare.

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Richard Jewell

By Mark Asch

Clint Eastwood continues his stellar run of films about unlikely American heroes hunted by the spotlight.

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The Turning

By Anton Bitel

Floria Sigismondi’s long-delayed update of ‘The Turn of the Screw’ finally surfaces – was the wait worth it?

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Dolittle

By Charles Bramesco

Robert Downey Jr takes on the famous literary physician with predictably disastrous results.

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The Personal History of David Copperfield

By Lou Thomas

Armando Iannucci trades satire for spirited period comedy in a Charles Dickens adaptation for the ages.

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Present.Perfect.

By Matt Turner

China’s vast live-streaming industry is laid bare in Shengze Zhu’s captivating documentary.

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Midnight Traveler

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Afghan director Hassan Fazili documents his family’s persecution at the hands of the Taliban.

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Bad Boys for Life

By Adam Woodward

This is not a review of Bad Boys for Life. This is a requiem for Bad Boys.

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A Hidden Life

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Private, unseen protest forges a spiritual path to God in Terrence Malick’s rhapsodic resistance drama.

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Waves

By Hannah Strong

Writer/director Trey Edward Shults delivers another spiky interrogation of parent-child relationships.

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Just Mercy

By Hannah Strong

Destin Daniel Cretton’s biopic of wrongly incarcerated death row inmate Walter McMillian plays it a little too safe.

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