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Festivals

Seberg – first look review

by David Jenkins

This thin biopic of New Wave icon Jean Seberg plays out with all the depth of a mag­a­zine pho­to shoot.
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Festivals

Ad Astra – first look review

by David Jenkins

Apoc­a­lypse Now in space, and so much more. A sad sci-fi for the ages, and final­ly proof that James Gray has got the right stuff.
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Festivals

Marriage Story – first look review

by David Jenkins

Noah Baum­bach returns with an epic com­e­dy about the absurd and bit­ter busi­ness of end­ing a once-bliss­ful marriage.
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Festivals

The Perfect Candidate – first look review

by David Jenkins

This very agree­able com­e­dy from Haifaa al-Man­sour sees an irate female doc­tor strike out into local politics.
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Ad Astra and Marriage Story to premiere at the 76th Venice Film Festival

by David Jenkins

James Gray and Noah Baum­bach will be joined on the Lido by Steven Soder­bergh, Roy Ander­s­son and Haifaa al-Mansour.
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Hirokazu Koreeda’s The Truth to open the 76th Venice Film Festival

by David Jenkins

The Japan­ese filmmaker’s fol­low-up to Shoplifters will have its world pre­mière on 28 August.
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American Dharma – first look review

by Greg Wetherall

Acclaimed doc­u­men­tary mak­er Errol Mor­ris seeks answers from Trump’s for­mer fire fight­er-in-chief, Steve Bannon.
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Festivals

Vox Lux – first look review

by Greg Wetherall

Natal­ie Port­man plays a jad­ed pop star in direc­tor Brady Corbet’s cyn­i­cal med­i­ta­tion on the price of fame.
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Festivals

The Mountain – first look review

by Michael Leader

Jeff Gold­blum plays against type to unset­tling effect in this zany road movie from writer/​director Rick Alverson.
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Dragged Across Concrete – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Direc­tor S Craig Zahler fol­lows up Brawl in Cell Block 99 with anoth­er hefty dose of ultra-violence.