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Review

Next Goal Wins review – chillingly eager to please

by Mark Asch

Tai­ka Wait­i­ti’s feel-good com­e­dy about the plight of a hap­less Samoan foot­ball team strives for noth­ing more than main­tain­ing the sta­tus quo.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Lost In The Night review – violent drama hampered by convention

by David Jenkins

Mex­i­can provo­ca­teur Amat Escalante makes a half-cocked bid for main­stream respectabil­i­ty in this intrigu­ing tale of a young man’s tor­rid search for his miss­ing mother.

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In Retrospect
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Festivals

Evil Does Not Exist – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

Ryusuke Ham­aguchi’s eco­log­i­cal dra­ma about a small moun­tain vil­lage threat­ened by a new devel­op­ment is a haunt­ing, glacial depic­tion of the gulf between cap­i­tal­ism and environmentalism.
Three dogs, including a Boston terrier, a Bernese mountain dog, and a mixed-breed dog, sitting on a fallen tree trunk in a forest surrounded by mushrooms and greenery. The Bernese mountain dog is wearing a protective medical cone.
Review

Strays review – tedious enough to make you hate dogs

by Hannah Strong

Aban­doned by his own­er, a hap­py-go-lucky ter­ri­er must learn to sur­vive on the mean streets in this dire com­e­dy, packed with poo jokes and crotch-bothering.

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Club LWLies Exclusive

The complicated legacy of heavy metal in cinema

by Sarah Cleary

Met­al is often giv­en short shrift at the movies, but a hand­ful of great auteurs have used the genre and its sub­cul­ture to bril­liant effect.
Two people embracing on the ground, wearing dark clothing.
Festivals

Lost in the Night – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Mex­i­can provo­ca­teur Amat Escalante makes a half-cocked bid for main­stream respectabil­i­ty in this intrigu­ing tale of a young man’s tor­rid search for his miss­ing mother.
A man in a white coat appears to be flying over a cityscape at night, with the lights of the buildings and streets visible below.
In Praise Of

The Big Lebowski at 25: How embracing ‘Dudeism’ can lead to a happier life

by Simon Bland

Oliv­er Ben­jamin, the founder of the world’s ​“slow­est grow­ing” reli­gion, reflects on how The Coen Broth­ers’ clas­sic crime caper inspired him to start a glob­al movement.
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Not Movies

Why we love Netflix’s You, even though we all agree it’s terrible TV

by Susan Akyeampong

The high­ly addic­tive dra­ma about a hand­some ser­i­al killer has won legions of fans, but they’re not watch­ing for the plot.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Song Kang-ho’s performance in The Host

by Rory Doherty

In Bong Joon-ho’s thrilling mon­ster movie, the South Kore­an actor is tremen­dous as a hap­less father attempt­ing to save his young daughter.
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Review

The Pale Blue Eye

by Anton Bitel

A hard­ened detec­tive teams up with a young Edgar Allen Poe to solve a mur­der in Scott Coop­er’s chilly thriller.

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