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Venice Film Festival

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Festivals

The Eternal Daughter – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

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

Love Life – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

Koji Fuku­da’s ninth fea­ture fails to meet the mark when it comes to explor­ing the knot­ty top­ic of famil­ial grief.
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Festivals

Don’t Worry Darling – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Flo­rence Pugh can’t save this under­whelm­ing retro sci-fi from its over­re­liance on genre cliches.
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Festivals

The Banshees of Inisherin – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Mar­tin McDon­agh reunites with Col­in Far­rell and Bren­dan Glee­son for a bit­ing but charm­ing exam­i­na­tion of a dis­in­te­grat­ing friend­ship against the back­drop of the Irish Civ­il War.
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Festivals

The Whale – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Bren­dan Fras­er gives his all as a mor­bid­ly obese man try­ing to recon­nect with his estranged daugh­ter before his death.
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Festivals

Other People’s Children – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Rebec­ca Zlotowski’s wist­ful char­ac­ter study of a woman nav­i­gat­ing the highs and lows of mid­dle age bursts with pas­sion and insight.
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Festivals

Pearl – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Mia Goth repris­es her role as a homi­ci­dal farm girl in Ti West­’s aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing but oth­er­wise emp­ty hor­ror prequel.
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Festivals

Master Gardener – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Joel Edger­ton plays a hor­ti­cul­tur­ist with a trou­bled past in Paul Schrader’s beau­ti­ful but under­whelm­ing drama.
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Festivals

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – first-look review

by Leila Latif

Lau­ra Poitras doc­u­ments US artist Nan Gold­in’s attempts to expose the Sack­ler fam­i­ly for their role in the US opi­oid cri­sis, but with mixed results.
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Festivals

Athena – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Ten­sions flair between a group of angry pro­test­ers and the police in Romain Gavras’ styl­ish but frus­trat­ing action-drama.