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New York Film Festival

Diverse group of Black protesters marching, holding placards calling for justice and power to the people.
Festivals

Mangrove – first-look review

by Rógan Graham

Steve McQueen’s film about the Man­grove Nine tri­al is a mas­ter­ful evo­ca­tion of polit­i­cal determination.
Two smiling people, a man and a woman, standing together outdoors surrounded by trees and foliage.
Festivals

Lovers Rock – first look review

by Hannah Strong

The first instal­ment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series is a soul­ful love let­ter to the West Indi­an dance scene in West London.
Two men performing on stage, one with a guitar, one gesturing with arms outstretched.
Festivals

American Utopia – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Spike Lee’s film of David Byrne’s acclaimed Broad­way per­for­mance is a tran­scen­dent cin­e­mat­ic experience.
Two men in suits sitting at a bar, glasses and bottle of alcohol on the table, framed photographs on the wall behind them.
Festivals

Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman to open the 57th New York Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

The leg­endary director’s long-ges­tat­ing mob epic will final­ly be unveiled 27 September.
A man wearing a hat and holding a camera in a natural setting.
Festivals

The Lost City of Z – first look review

by Matthew Eng

James Gray returns with a decep­tive­ly tra­di­tion­al and won­drous­ly trans­portive cin­e­mat­ic odyssey.
Man with beard in a body of water, wearing an expression of contemplation.
Festivals

The Ornithologist – first look review

by Matthew Eng

But­ton-push­ing auteur João Pedro Rodrigues returns with a work of tan­ta­lis­ing, twisty spirituality.