Reviews

Women Talking
Women Talking Review

Over a decade since her last feature, actor-turned-filmmaker Sarah Polley...

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Blue Jean
Blue Jean Review

There are few laws in living memory more shameful than Section 28. Introduced...

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She Is Love
She Is Love Review

On paper, the opening of writer and director Jamie Adams’ She Is Love fits...

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Saint Omer
Saint Omer Review

There’s an accepted objectivity to raw filmed footage. It’s one of the...

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Knock At The Cabin
Knock At The Cabin Review

After spectral therapists, agriculturally-inclined aliens and homicidal house...

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EO
EO Review

Jerzy Skolimowski has never been the conventional sort. Having made his name as...

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The Whale
The Whale Review

Darren Aronofsky appears to be a director fascinated with extremity. With Black...

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Pathaan
Pathaan Review

If there were any doubt that Shah Rukh Khan is still the King of Bollywood...

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Devotion
Devotion Review

Perhaps in a year where Top Gun: Maverick didn’t dominate the global box...

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Skinamarink
Skinamarink Review

It’s impressive that such an experimental film as Skinamarink has...

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Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish Review

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Shrek franchise was on its last life...

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Unwelcome
Unwelcome Review

In the CGI era, practical effects are fast becoming a lost cinematic art. On...

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Shotgun Wedding
Shotgun Wedding Review

After 2022’s Marry Me, it’s safe to say that the romcom Jen-aissance is in...

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Emily The Criminal
Emily The Criminal Review

When we meet Emily (Aubrey Plaza), she seems like a fairly typical struggling...

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To Leslie
To Leslie Review

Michael Morris’ directorial debut seemed all set to head down the same path...

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You People
You People Review

In 1967, Stanley Kramer’s groundbreaking Sidney Poitier-starring romantic...

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Plane Review
Plane Review

First things first: Plane is quite a funny name for a film, isn’t it? The...

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All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed Review

Calling All The Beauty And The Bloodshed a “love letter to...

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JUNG_E
JUNG–E Review

Everything and nothing has changed for Yeon Sang-ho since Train to Busan, his...

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Alice, Darling
Alice, Darling Review

This may be her debut, but director Mary Nighy knows how to build tension. The...

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Scent of a Woman Review

As Lt. Col. Frank Slade, a lonely bitter soldier blinded — literally — by his...

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More Than Ever
More Than Ever Review

The tragic real-life death of 37-year-old actor Gaspard Ulliel last year, in a...

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Holy Spider
Holy Spider Review

Saeed Azimi (Mehdi Bajestani) is a respected pillar of his community, a devout...

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The Fabelmans
The Fabelmans Review

The young Steven Spielberg — or at least, his on-screen avatar Sammy Fabelman...

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The Old Way
The Old Way Review

Over 100 films into a career that’s most recently seen him play a...

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Enys Men
Enys Men Review

Mark Jenkin is a filmmaking force. The Cornish writer-director has, since 2002,...

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TÁR Review
TÁR Review

There’s nothing in the elevator pitch of TÁR — a renowned classical...

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A Man Called Otto
A Man Called Otto Review

The 2015 Swedish film A Man Called Ove — adapted from the novel of the same...

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Alcarrás
Alcarrás Review

Carla Simón’s gorgeous debut feature Summer 1993 followed an orphan child...

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