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Review

Opponent – a searing, psychological immigrant drama

by David Jenkins

An Iran­ian immi­grant in Swe­den seeks solace in their nation­al wrestling team in this riv­et­ing sto­ry of inter­nal torture.

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In Retrospect
Two young women wearing dresses, standing in front of a lake with a tree in the background.
Review

May December review – a frothy psychodrama with a lurid bite

by Hannah Strong

Todd Haynes’ deli­cious­ly dark melo­dra­ma sees Julianne Moore and Natal­ie Port­man go head-to-head as a house­wife and the woman tasked with play­ing her in a film.

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In Retrospect
Colourful tents and camping equipment on a sandy beach, with sailboats in the distance.
Long Read

The Safe Emotional Spaces of Wes Anderson’s Cinema – Part One

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Through con­ver­sa­tions with psy­chol­o­gists, neu­ro­di­ver­gent friends, Jason Schwartz­man and the man him­self, Sophie Monks Kauf­man inves­ti­gates the metic­u­lous worlds of Wes Ander­son and their potent emo­tion­al frequencies.
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Festivals

Red Rooms – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Pas­cal Plante presents a pierc­ing take on true crime in this aus­tere, affect­ing psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller.
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Festivals

Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall wins the 2023 Palme d’Or

by David Jenkins

The psy­cho­log­i­cal court­room thriller with the great San­dra Hüller wins the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Two people, a man and a woman, stand close together, looking intensely at each other against a blurred outdoor background.
Review

The Beasts

by Anton Bitel

Neigh­bourly hos­til­i­ty abounds in Span­ish direc­tor Rodri­go Soro­goyen’s lat­est psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller, set in the Gali­cian countryside.

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In Retrospect
Two individuals with wavy blonde hair, wearing black clothing, embracing in a dimly lit room with colourful lights.
The Oscar Goes To...

Why Tár should win the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award

by Justine Smith

Todd Field­’s script for the clas­si­cal music psy­chodra­ma is a metic­u­lous­ly craft­ed exer­cise in form.
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Review

Tár

by Ege Apaydın

Cate Blanchett is on top form as a con­duc­tor who expe­ri­ences a swift fall from grace in Todd Fields’ pierc­ing psychodrama.

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In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, standing on a balcony overlooking a scenic landscape.
Review

Silent Land

by Anton Bitel

A hol­i­day­ing cou­ple becomes involved in a trag­ic event in Aga Woszczyńska’s chilly psychodrama.

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In Retrospect
A woman in a red coat and dark hair stands amidst medical personnel in surgical masks, against a dark background with bright lighting.
Home Ents

Discover the radical energy of this unsettling psychodrama

by Anton Bitel

Jonathan Weiss offers an uncon­ven­tion­al and dis­turb­ing adap­ta­tion of J.G Bal­lard’s ​‘unadapt­able’ work of exper­i­men­tal fiction.