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Review

The Encampments review – inspiring portrait of collective action

by Josh Slater-Williams

Kei Pritsker and Michael T Work­man chron­i­cle the stu­dent move­ment for Pales­tine through the Gaza Sol­i­dar­i­ty Encamp­ment at Colum­bia University. 

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

The Wave – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Sebastián Lelio’s musi­cal take on Chile’s MeToo move­ment is a mis­judged gum-smack­ing mess.
An elderly woman with white hair wearing a purple jacket, standing in front of a large colourful Ferris wheel.
Festivals

Eleanor the Great – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

June Squibb plays a spir­it­ed nona­ge­nar­i­an who moves back to New York from Flori­da in Scar­lett Johansson’s under­whelmed direc­to­r­i­al debut.
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Dances of desire in The Brutalist, Wicked, and Queer

by Carly Mattox

Sev­er­al of 2024’s films explore the rela­tion­ship between move­ment and belong­ing, with intrigu­ing – and often mov­ing – results.
A man with long brown hair lying on the rocky ground, looking pensive. Muted tones of grey, brown, and black dominate the image.
Review

Starve Acre review – all texture and no teeth

by Michael Leader

Matt Smith and Morfy­dd Clark play a cou­ple who move to an iso­lat­ed York­shire Dales estate in Daniel Kokotajlo’s folk horror.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman with blonde hair and a determined expression holds a weapon in an interior setting with a wooden door and another figure in the background.
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.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Inside the grassroots biking movement at the heart of If The Streets Were On Fire

by Henry Boon

Alice Rus­sel­l’s new doc­u­men­tary cap­tures the work of Bikestor­mz, a pas­sion­ate com­mu­ni­ty of cyclists aim­ing to pro­mote com­mu­ni­ty among some of the cap­i­tal’s most dis­en­fran­chised kids.
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Festivals

Saunas, Funkytown and the consciousness of plants at CPH:DOX 2023

by Chris Cassingham

A raft of inno­v­a­tive and thought­ful world pre­mieres stood out at Copen­hagen’s annu­al doc­u­men­tary fes­ti­val, which moves from autumn to spring.
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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.
A man with short dark hair wearing a chequered shirt, looks surprised and is holding a gun.
In Praise Of

Why I love Carl Franklin’s One False Move

by Alexander Boucher

Franklin’s 1992 thriller about a small-town cop fac­ing off against a mur­der­ous trio cuts to the heart of police cor­rup­tion and racial otherness.