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From AI to Greek country life: highlights from Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2025

A brace of riveting medical stories and a programme of archive films about life in rural Greece made for rich pickings at Thessaloniki’s annual documentary celebration.

By Georgia Korossi

From AI to Greek country life: highlights from Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2025

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Restless: a surprising nightmare neighbour thriller

By Anton Bitel

Restless: a surprising nightmare neighbour thriller

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Tornado: John Maclean brings exhilarating samurai action to Scotland

By Leigh Singer

Tornado: John Maclean brings exhilarating samurai action to Scotland

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Blue Moon: Ethan Hawke feels unstoppable in Richard Linklater’s loving Broadway biopic

By Nicolas Rapold

Blue Moon: Ethan Hawke feels unstoppable in Richard Linklater’s loving Broadway biopic

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Dreams (Sex Love): Norwegian trilogy concludes with a candid story of teen desire

By David Katz

Dreams (Sex Love): Norwegian trilogy concludes with a candid story of teen desire

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20 years of the Glasgow Film Festival: tales of festivals past from longtime director Allison Gardner

By Josh Slater-Williams

20 years of the Glasgow Film Festival: tales of festivals past from longtime director Allison Gardner

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The Blue Trail: a senior citizen flees dystopian Brazil for a freewheeling Amazonian adventure

By Sam Wigley

The Blue Trail: a senior citizen flees dystopian Brazil for a freewheeling Amazonian adventure

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Bad Painter: Albert Oehlen’s gleefully absurd self-portrait

By Brian Bowe

Bad Painter: Albert Oehlen’s gleefully absurd self-portrait

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Knockouts: 5 discoveries from Berlin Film Festival 2025

By Joseph Fahim, Savina Petkova and others

Knockouts: 5 discoveries from Berlin Film Festival 2025

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10 to watch at Borderlines Film Festival 2025

By Sam Wigley

10 to watch at Borderlines Film Festival 2025

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Girls on Wire: feminist stuntwoman thriller has moments of brilliance

By Rachel Pronger

Girls on Wire: feminist stuntwoman thriller has moments of brilliance

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Mother’s Baby: eerie study of maternal anxiety never fully commits to genre movie weirdness

By Rachel Pronger

Mother’s Baby: eerie study of maternal anxiety never fully commits to genre movie weirdness

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Kontinental ’25: Radu Jude continues to find gold as he rummages through the trash of the modern condition

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Hot Milk: Fiona Shaw is a spiky delight in this atmospheric but unsatisfying Deborah Levy adaptation

By Rachel Pronger

Hot Milk: Fiona Shaw is a spiky delight in this atmospheric but unsatisfying Deborah Levy adaptation

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The Things You Kill: disaster is always waiting in this taut Turkish thriller

By John Bleasdale

The Things You Kill: disaster is always waiting in this taut Turkish thriller

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Mickey 17: Bong Joon Ho’s wild sci-fi satire takes aim at white nationalism

By Roger Luckhurst

Mickey 17: Bong Joon Ho’s wild sci-fi satire takes aim at white nationalism

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September Says: Ariane Labed’s inventive debut understands the creepiness of sisters

By Katie McCabe

September Says: Ariane Labed’s inventive debut understands the creepiness of sisters

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Perla: a quietly subversive portrayal of motherhood

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What to see at BFI Future Film Festival 2025: The Young Programmers’ Picks

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Fiume o morte!: wonderfully irreverent doc reenacts a brief dictatorship

By Carmen Gray

Fiume o morte!: wonderfully irreverent doc reenacts a brief dictatorship

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This City is a Battlefield: an absorbing Indonesian historical epic

By Sara Merican

This City is a Battlefield: an absorbing Indonesian historical epic

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Raptures: Swedish historical drama about an apocalyptic cult is hindered by tame execution

By Rachel Pronger

Raptures: Swedish historical drama about an apocalyptic cult is hindered by tame execution

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Videoheaven: Alex Ross Perry’s insightful examination of video shops

By Tara Judah

Videoheaven: Alex Ross Perry’s insightful examination of video shops

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2,000 Meters to Andriivka: an intense in-the-moment account of Russia’s war on Ukraine

By Nicolas Rapold

2,000 Meters to Andriivka: an intense in-the-moment account of Russia’s war on Ukraine

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DJ Ahmet: Macedonian coming-of-ager hits pleasurable but predictable notes

By Rafa Sales Ross

DJ Ahmet: Macedonian coming-of-ager hits pleasurable but predictable notes

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Life After: a nuanced interrogation of right-to-die policy

By Nicolas Rapold

Life After: a nuanced interrogation of right-to-die policy

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The Ugly Stepsister: Cinderella body horror is as cruel as the fairytale

By Savina Petkova

The Ugly Stepsister: Cinderella body horror is as cruel as the fairytale

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By Design: a playful body swap drama between a woman and a chair

By Tara Judah

By Design: a playful body swap drama between a woman and a chair

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Peter Hujar’s Day: Ira Sachs’s gorgeous time capsule of New York’s 1970s downtown scene

By Martin Tsai

Peter Hujar’s Day: Ira Sachs’s gorgeous time capsule of New York’s 1970s downtown scene

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Best of Baltic at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

By Lou Thomas

Best of Baltic at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024