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  Divines review: an exuberant young female buddy thriller

  This go-its-own-way banlieu barnstormer from the self-taught Houda Benyamina was officially the best debut feature at Cannes 2016, says Isabel Stevens.

  Isabel Stevens
  Sunday 22 May 2016

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  Cannes 2016 roundup: what should win?

  With the latter half of this year’s competition as discouraging as the first week was inspiring, Germany’s Maren Ade seems as deserving an awards candidate as the likes of Olivier Assayas, Jim Jarmusch, Kleber Mendoça Filho and Cristian Mungiu, says Nick James.

  Nick James
  Saturday 21 May 2016

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  Raw – first look

  Chloe Roddick hails a fresh feminine (and sororal) horror from French first feature director Julia Ducournau, set in the blank spaces of a veterinary college.

  Chloe Roddick
  Saturday 21 May 2016

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  The Red Turtle – first look

  Studio Ghibli’s first international coproduction is a ravishing castaway fable by animator Michael Dudok de Wit that combines beauty, mystery, drama and heartbreak – with not a word spoken, says Isabel Stevens.

  Isabel Stevens
  Friday 20 May 2016

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  Aquarius – first-look review

  Neighbouring Sounds’ Kleber Mendonça Filho switches from Recife’s gated highrises to its smalltime beachfront with this eloquent saga of Sonia Braga’s proudly autonomous, economically besieged widower, writes Jordan Cronk.

  Jordan Cronk
  Friday 20 May 2016

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  James Stewart: 10 essential films

  Sometimes only a Jimmy Stewart movie will do, and these classics all repay endless repeat viewings.

  David Parkinson
  Friday 20 May 2016

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  My Life as a Courgette – first look

  A big film in a small package: Claude Barras’s children’s animation, written by Girlhood’s Céline Sciamma, broaches downbeat themes with charm, heart and smarts, says Wendy Ide.

  Wendy Ide
  Friday 20 May 2016

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  The Neon Demon – first look

  The latest from perennial provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn is a fashion-world flirtation with Sadean kitsch that lacks staying power, says Catherine Bray.

  Catherine Bray
  Friday 20 May 2016

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  Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy – first look

  Chadian director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun was one of many exiles from the country’s brutal 1980s dictatorship. Now he honours the regime’s victims and documents a quarter-century campaign for justice, writes Geoff Andrew.

  Geoff Andrew
  Friday 20 May 2016

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  Spielberg goes sublime: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  Steven Spielberg’s utopian vision of first contact remains a beacon of light in an increasingly dark body of work.

  Jon Towlson
  Friday 20 May 2016

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