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Festivals

*smiles and kisses you* – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

A man’s com­pli­cat­ed rela­tion­ship with an AI-pow­ered doll is the sub­ject of this odd­ly mov­ing yet moral­ly grey documentary.
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Review

Cuckoo review – never quite takes flight

by Hannah Strong

A young woman begins to sus­pect some­thing is des­per­ate­ly wrong at the ski resort her fam­i­ly have moved to in Tilman Singer’s uneven sopho­more film.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Kill review – a bumpy ride along parallel tracks of heroism and villainy

by Anton Bitel

A young man sets out to save his true love and ends up caught in a bloody bat­tle aboard a train in Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s riotous actioner.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Margaret Qualley and Mamadou Athie: ‘A Yorgos film is much more dreamy and surreal when you’re in it’

by Hannah Strong

Two rel­a­tive new­com­ers to Team Lan­thi­mos reflect on learn­ing to trust the process.
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Review

Bye Bye Tiberias review – gets under your skin and stays there

by Rógan Graham

Lina Soualem’s poignant new doc­u­men­tary traces the sto­ries of four gen­er­a­tions of Pales­tin­ian women in her family.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Shopping ’til you drop: Paul W.S. Anderson’s anarchic debut at 30

by Fran Bowden

Three decades on from its release, this 90s thriller echoes the dis­en­fran­chise­ment of young peo­ple and sen­sa­tion­al­i­sa­tion of shoplifting.
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Review

Àma Gloria – Gorgeous domestic drama on the meaning of parenthood

by Marina Ashioti

Marie Amachoukeli’s sec­ond film is a tri­umph of polit­i­cal and emo­tion­al sen­si­tiv­i­ty in its depic­tion of a young girl and her nanny.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Pills, thrills and bellyaches: the lost underworld of Human Traffic

by Billie Walker

Twen­ty five years on from its release, the rave cul­ture of Justin Ker­ri­g­an’s ode to doomed youth is all but lost.
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Review

Rosalie review – very simple and enjoyable

by Natasha Jagger

A young French­woman in Brit­tany har­bours a secret about her appear­ance until she mar­ries a suit­or inter­est­ed in her dowry in this gen­tle peri­od drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Gasoline Rainbow review – glows brightly

by Katherine McLaughlin

The Ross Broth­ers cre­ate a por­trait of youth in revolt in their first fic­tion film.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect