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Fantastic Machine: a frustrating whistlestop tour of humankind’s relationship with the camera

Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck’s ambitious documentary spans the birth of camera obscura to the invention of TikTok using a cursory approach that allows for little insight.

By Jordan Cronk

Fantastic Machine: a frustrating whistlestop tour of humankind’s relationship with the camera

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Last Summer: Catherine Breillat’s most heartbreaking film to date

By Ela Bittencourt

Last Summer: Catherine Breillat’s most heartbreaking film to date

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Sometimes I Think About Dying: downbeat workplace indie shows another side to Daisy Ridley

By David Katz

Sometimes I Think About Dying: downbeat workplace indie shows another side to Daisy Ridley

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“Ford is a director with whom things are either right or wrong”: Lindsay Anderson’s review of The Searchers

By Lindsay Anderson

“Ford is a director with whom things are either right or wrong”: Lindsay Anderson’s review of The Searchers

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All You Need is Death: hallucinatory horror captures the alchemical power of Irish folk ballads

By Roger Luckhurst

All You Need is Death: hallucinatory horror captures the alchemical power of Irish folk ballads

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The Book of Clarence: a messy, genre-blending Biblical epic

By Arjun Sajip

The Book of Clarence: a messy, genre-blending Biblical epic

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If Only I Could Hibernate: a beautifully crafted Mongolian drama

By Tom Charity

If Only I Could Hibernate: a beautifully crafted Mongolian drama

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Back to Black: Amy Winehouse biopic fails in its aspirations to focus on the music

By Rebecca Harrison

Back to Black: Amy Winehouse biopic fails in its aspirations to focus on the music

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The Teachers’ Lounge: the hunt for a bad apple leads to chaos in this jittery classroom thriller

By Catherine Wheatley

The Teachers’ Lounge: the hunt for a bad apple leads to chaos in this jittery classroom thriller

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Civil War: Alex Garland’s spectacle of violence is determined to throw the audience off balance

By Henry K Miller

Civil War: Alex Garland’s spectacle of violence is determined to throw the audience off balance

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Yannick: a disgruntled heckler hijacks a play in Quentin Dupieux’s wry comedy

By John Bleasdale

Yannick: a disgruntled heckler hijacks a play in Quentin Dupieux’s wry comedy

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Io Capitano: a surreal, shapeshifting quest for a new life in Europe

By Jason Anderson

Io Capitano: a surreal, shapeshifting quest for a new life in Europe

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The First Omen: a surprisingly lively take on well-worn franchise mythology

By Adam Nayman

The First Omen: a surprisingly lively take on well-worn franchise mythology

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Monkey Man: Dev Patel wreaks brutal havoc in a muddled but enthralling revenge drama

By Guy Lodge

Monkey Man: Dev Patel wreaks brutal havoc in a muddled but enthralling revenge drama

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: an enjoyably goofy monster mash

By Kim Newman

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: an enjoyably goofy monster mash

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The Sweet East: a risky, uncompromising road movie

By Catherine Wheatley

The Sweet East: a risky, uncompromising road movie

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Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller

By Kate Stables

Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller

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Opus: Sakamoto Ryuichi performs his swan songs

By Sam Wigley

Opus: Sakamoto Ryuichi performs his swan songs

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Late Night with the Devil: an underwhelming horror with an ingenious concept

By Adam Nayman

Late Night with the Devil: an underwhelming horror with an ingenious concept

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Baltimore: thrilling heist movie tells the story of Rose Dugdale, a British heiress turned IRA member

By Katie McCabe

Baltimore: thrilling heist movie tells the story of Rose Dugdale, a British heiress turned IRA member

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“Scorsese has become the threnodist of frustration”: After Hours reviewed in 1986

By Richard Combs

“Scorsese has become the threnodist of frustration”: After Hours reviewed in 1986

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Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent

By Anton Bitel

Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent

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The Delinquents: a bank robbery movie that plays like an existential epic

By Adam Nayman

The Delinquents: a bank robbery movie that plays like an existential epic

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Robot Dreams: Pablo Berger’s touching silent animation shows how swiftly a bond of affection can mark a life

By Alex Dudok de Wit

Robot Dreams: Pablo Berger’s touching silent animation shows how swiftly a bond of affection can mark a life

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Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness

By Anton Bitel

Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness

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

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