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Babygirl – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Halina Reijn’s smart, sexy and darkly funny psychodrama sees Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson go toe-to-toe as a CEO and an intern who become embroiled in a complex illicit affair.
Two individuals, a woman with blonde hair and a man with glasses, seated at a dinner table.
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Disclaimer – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Alfonso Cuarón’s limited series starring Cate Blanchett as a famous documentarian with a dark secret is a surprising showcase for Kevin Kline.
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Kill the Jockey – first-look review

by Anahit Behrooz

A down-on-his-luck jockey sees a chance to reinvent himself in Luis Ortega’s wacky black comedy.
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Maria – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Angelina Jolie has never been better as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, captured in the final week of her life by Pablo Larraín’s elegant biographical drama.
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Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

In his latest documentary, the American master Frederick Wiseman observes the routines of the Troisgros family and their three fine dining restaurants in France.
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Memory – first-look review

by Yasmine Kandil

Michel Franco’s drama about the chokehold of the past boasts star power in Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard, but never quite delivers on its emotional premise.
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Housekeeping for Beginners – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Goran Stolevski’s third feature is a story of queer solidarity in Northern Macedonia that doesn’t quite come together.
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Gasoline Rainbow – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A group of teenagers set off on a post-graduation road trip in Bill and Turner Ross’s latest feature, billed as their first fiction.
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Origin – first-look review

by Anahit Behrooz

Ava DuVernay adapts Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 non-fiction book ​‘Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents’ with somewhat mixed results, interweaving Wilkerson’s personal story into one of systemic subjugation.
A man and woman in a dark, moody setting, the man has a serious expression.
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Hit Man – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Richard Linklater and Glen Powell team up for a highly entertaining black comedy about a mild-mannered college professor who becomes a fake hit man.