Jessica Kiang

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A Different Man: a discomfiting but darkly hilarious story of a man with two faces

Sebastian Stan stars as an actor whose face is transformed by an experimental treatment for his genetic condition in Aaron Schimberg’s mischievously meta doppelganger tale.

By Jessica Kiang

A Different Man: a discomfiting but darkly hilarious story of a man with two faces
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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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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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Maestro: a superbly acted biopic that’s disappointingly vague on Leonard Bernstein’s music

By Jessica Kiang

Maestro: a superbly acted biopic that’s disappointingly vague on Leonard Bernstein’s music
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Priscilla: Sofia Coppola’s ethereal, interior portrait of Priscilla Presley’s troubled years with Elvis

By Jessica Kiang

Priscilla: Sofia Coppola’s ethereal, interior portrait of Priscilla Presley’s troubled years with Elvis
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Poor Things: a film that gives pleasure in every fantastical frame

By Jessica Kiang

Poor Things: a film that gives pleasure in every fantastical frame
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In Camera: an ambitious showbiz satire

By Jessica Kiang

In Camera: an ambitious showbiz satire
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Small, Slow But Steady: this introspective boxing drama avoids the usual clichés of the genre

By Jessica Kiang

Small, Slow But Steady: this introspective boxing drama avoids the usual clichés of the genre
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La Chimera: a joyous, masterful work of folk magic

By Jessica Kiang

La Chimera: a joyous, masterful work of folk magic
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Anatomy of a Fall: a sharply intelligent psychological drama from Justine Triet

By Jessica Kiang

Anatomy of a Fall: a sharply intelligent psychological drama from Justine Triet
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Killers of the Flower Moon: Martin Scorsese’s latest is an increasingly enthralling true-crime epic

By Jessica Kiang

Killers of the Flower Moon: Martin Scorsese’s latest is an increasingly enthralling true-crime epic
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Suzume: this beautifully bonkers anime threatens to frazzle the synapses

By Jessica Kiang

Suzume: this beautifully bonkers anime threatens to frazzle the synapses
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Manodrome: this unedifying portrait of toxic masculinity rings hollow

By Jessica Kiang

Manodrome: this unedifying portrait of toxic masculinity rings hollow
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Tótem: a dazzling, vibrant child’s-eye view of jubilation and tragedy

By Jessica Kiang

Tótem: a dazzling, vibrant child’s-eye view of jubilation and tragedy
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BlackBerry: this biting tech-world satire reminds us that we all might be dinosaurs in waiting

By Jessica Kiang

BlackBerry: this biting tech-world satire reminds us that we all might be dinosaurs in waiting
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La Syndicaliste: an oddly flavourless, distractingly shot procedural

By Jessica Kiang

La Syndicaliste: an oddly flavourless, distractingly shot procedural
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The Whale: a miraculous Brendan Fraser narrowly saves this dolorous dirge

By Jessica Kiang

The Whale: a miraculous Brendan Fraser narrowly saves this dolorous dirge
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The Damned Don’t Cry: a potent Moroccan mother-and-son drama

By Jessica Kiang

The Damned Don’t Cry: a potent Moroccan mother-and-son drama
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The Listener: a stolid single-location drama

By Jessica Kiang

The Listener: a stolid single-location drama
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Argentina 1985: a robust case for the virtues of the traditional courtroom drama

By Jessica Kiang

Argentina 1985: a robust case for the virtues of the traditional courtroom drama
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Master Gardener: an uncharacteristically hopeful offering from Paul Schrader

By Jessica Kiang

Master Gardener: an uncharacteristically hopeful offering from Paul Schrader
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Padre Pio: no sin deserves the penance of this unholy mess

By Jessica Kiang

Padre Pio: no sin deserves the penance of this unholy mess
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TÁR: a sly, scabrous symphony

By Jessica Kiang

TÁR: a sly, scabrous symphony
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Tommy Guns: a stunning second feature from Carlos Conceição

By Jessica Kiang

Tommy Guns: a stunning second feature from Carlos Conceição
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Medusa Deluxe: lather overdone

By Jessica Kiang

Medusa Deluxe: lather overdone
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Stone Turtle: a Malaysian Groundhog Day folk tale

By Jessica Kiang

Stone Turtle: a Malaysian Groundhog Day folk tale
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Pleasure: porn-world pic whose protagonist is less compelling than her milieu

By Jessica Kiang

Pleasure: porn-world pic whose protagonist is less compelling than her milieu
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The Worst Person in the World captures one woman’s late-twenties in a swirl of sunsets, cigarettes and sunrises

By Jessica Kiang

The Worst Person in the World captures one woman’s late-twenties in a swirl of sunsets, cigarettes and sunrises
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The Novelist’s Film: Hong Sangsoo celebrates the casual, sensual and spontaneous pleasures of life

By Jessica Kiang

The Novelist’s Film: Hong Sangsoo celebrates the casual, sensual and spontaneous pleasures of life
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