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The New Boy: realism is undercut by magic in Warwick Thornton’s Outback fable

A young indigenous boy with perplexing powers is forcibly brought to a Christian orphanage led by the alcoholic Sister Eileen (Cate Blanchett) in Warwick Thornton’s sketchy, fragmented drama.

By Jonathan Romney

The New Boy: realism is undercut by magic in Warwick Thornton’s Outback fable
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Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s elemental love story has the air of a parable

By Annabel Bai Jackson

Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s elemental love story has the air of a parable
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Drive-Away Dolls: a lesbian road trip comedy that feels authentic to the 1990s but stuck there, too

By Simran Hans

Drive-Away Dolls: a lesbian road trip comedy that feels authentic to the 1990s but stuck there, too
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Monster: Koreeda Hirokazu’s elegant and imaginative expression of childhood

By Guy Lodge

Monster: Koreeda Hirokazu’s elegant and imaginative expression of childhood
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Imaginary: a sufficiently creepy domestic ghost story

By Kim Newman

Imaginary: a sufficiently creepy domestic ghost story
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High & Low: John Galliano: a thoughtful, expansive portrait of a disgraced fashion designer

By Nick Bradshaw

High & Low: John Galliano: a thoughtful, expansive portrait of a disgraced fashion designer
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Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems

By Kate Stables

Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems
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Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup

By Rachel Pronger

Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup
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The Dead Don’t Hurt: a ruminative state-of-the-nation western

By Anton Bitel

The Dead Don’t Hurt: a ruminative state-of-the-nation western
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Lisa Frankenstein: patchy zombie teen horror goes gravedigging in 1980s pop culture

By Anton Bitel

Lisa Frankenstein: patchy zombie teen horror goes gravedigging in 1980s pop culture
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Suspended Time: an affectingly vulnerable lockdown chronicle

By Nicolas Rapold

Suspended Time: an affectingly vulnerable lockdown chronicle
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A Different Man: a discomfiting but darkly hilarious story of a man with two faces

By Jessica Kiang

A Different Man: a discomfiting but darkly hilarious story of a man with two faces
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Dune: Part Two: an impressive sci-fi war saga

By Kim Newman

Dune: Part Two: an impressive sci-fi war saga
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Janet Planet: Annie Baker’s warm, understated portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship

By Lou Thomas

Janet Planet: Annie Baker’s warm, understated portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship
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Four Daughters: the facts and fictions of a Tunisian family’s history blur in this fascinating hybrid documentary

By Jonathan Romney

Four Daughters: the facts and fictions of a Tunisian family’s history blur in this fascinating hybrid documentary
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Black Tea: a labyrinthine multicultural love story

By Nick James

Black Tea: a labyrinthine multicultural love story
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Abiding Nowhere: a beautiful addition to Tsai Ming-liang’s Walker film series

By Nick James

Abiding Nowhere: a beautiful addition to Tsai Ming-liang’s Walker film series
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Pepe: Pablo Escobar’s philosophical hippo takes viewers on a radically inventive journey

By Jonathan Romney

Pepe: Pablo Escobar’s philosophical hippo takes viewers on a radically inventive journey
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Architecton: a daunting look at the rubble of our existence

By Nicolas Rapold

Architecton: a daunting look at the rubble of our existence
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Spaceman: Adam Sandler and an alien spider embark on a mission to Jupiter in this dull sci-fi

By Jessica Kiang

Spaceman: Adam Sandler and an alien spider embark on a mission to Jupiter in this dull sci-fi
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Dahomey: Mati Diop’s otherworldly documentary gives voice to looted African artefacts

By Rachel Pronger

Dahomey: Mati Diop’s otherworldly documentary gives voice to looted African artefacts
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Small Things like These: this grimy, moving portrait of 1980s Ireland knows the power of restraint

By Jessica Kiang

Small Things like These: this grimy, moving portrait of 1980s Ireland knows the power of restraint
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Perfect Days: Wim Wenders captures the beauty of the everyday in his best fiction film since Wings of Desire

By Nick James

Perfect Days: Wim Wenders captures the beauty of the everyday in his best fiction film since Wings of Desire
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Out Of Darkness: a brutal, horrifying entry in the canon of prehistory on screen

By Kim Newman

Out Of Darkness: a brutal, horrifying entry in the canon of prehistory on screen
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Memory: early-onset dementia and past traumas complicate a new relationship in Michel Franco’s warmest film to date

By Alex Ramon

Memory: early-onset dementia and past traumas complicate a new relationship in Michel Franco’s warmest film to date
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This is Me…Now: A Love Story: a musical extravaganza fuelled by fairytales, metaphors, and obsessions

By Elena Lazic

This is Me…Now: A Love Story: a musical extravaganza fuelled by fairytales, metaphors, and obsessions
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River: a two-minute time loop traps a group of hospitality workers in this breezy Japanese sci-fi

By Josh Slater-Williams

River: a two-minute time loop traps a group of hospitality workers in this breezy Japanese sci-fi
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Madame Web: an unnecessary but lightly likeable addition to the Spider-verse

By Kim Newman

Madame Web: an unnecessary but lightly likeable addition to the Spider-verse
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“Dazzling entertainment that wants us to luxuriate in violence as we condemn it”: Fight Club reviewed in 1999

By Charles Whitehouse

“Dazzling entertainment that wants us to luxuriate in violence as we condemn it”: Fight Club reviewed in 1999
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