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Review

The Room Next Door review – something is missing

by Hannah Strong

Pedro Almod­ó­var makes his Eng­lish-lan­guage debut with an adap­ta­tion of Sigrid Nunez’s What Are You Going Through, star­ring Julianne Moore and Til­da Swin­ton as old friends who reunite in a time of crisis.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things review – effusive ode to Willie Barns-Graham

by Marina Ashioti

Mark Cousins’ lyri­cal explo­ration into the life and work of a lit­tle-known mod­ernist painter from Scotland.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

The End – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Joshua Oppen­heimer returns with an ambi­tious, post-apoc­a­lyp­tic musi­cal whose the­mat­ic flights of fan­cy are always just a lit­tle too strident.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Problemista review – a fiercely confident and surreal New York fairytale

by Lex Briscuso

Julio Tor­res writes, directs and stars in his debut fea­ture, play­ing an ide­al­is­tic toy­mak­er who ends up in the employ of Til­da Swin­ton’s eccen­tric art crit­ic while try­ing to nav­i­gate the US immi­gra­tion system.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Eternal Daughter review – double your Tilda, double your pleasure

by Catherine Bray

Til­da Swin­ton plays both moth­er and daugh­ter in Joan­na Hog­g’s eerie and effec­tive explo­ration of par­ent-child relationships.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Killer review – throwback to the golden age of pulp fiction

by Hannah Strong

Michael Fass­ben­der plays a con­tract killer suf­fer­ing some pro­fes­sion­al set­backs in David Fincher’s lean, mean new thriller.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Three Thousand Years of Longing

by Catherine Bray

Mad Max direc­tor George Miller returns to the big screen with an adap­ta­tion of mod­ern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightin­gale’s Eye.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Souvenir: Part II

by Hannah Strong

The sequel to Joan­na Hogg’s auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal mas­ter­piece is a stun­ning por­trait of an artist’s pro­found explo­ration of grief.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Memoria

by Mark Asch

Apichat­pong Weerasethakul metic­u­lous­ly crafts a sen­so­ry jour­ney soaked in intro­spec­tion and meta­phys­i­cal perplexity.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

The Personal History of David Copperfield

by Lou Thomas

Arman­do Ian­nuc­ci trades satire for spir­it­ed peri­od com­e­dy in a Charles Dick­ens adap­ta­tion for the ages.

3
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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Souvenir

by Hannah Strong

Joan­na Hogg explores her own mem­o­ries to cre­ate a frag­ile, fas­ci­nat­ing por­trait of romance in both bloom and decay.

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5
Enjoyment
5
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Review

The Dead Don’t Die

by Hannah Strong

A cast of Jim Jar­musch reg­u­lars attempt to ward off the zom­bie apoc­a­lypse in this alle­gor­i­cal horror-comedy.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect