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The view from Thessaloniki 2023

By Georgia Korossi

The view from Thessaloniki 2023
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Despatches from Mumbai Film Festival 2023

By Lou Thomas

Despatches from Mumbai Film Festival 2023
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Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry: life comes into bloom for a middle-aged shop owner in this gentle Georgian drama

By Arjun Sajip

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry: life comes into bloom for a middle-aged shop owner in this gentle Georgian drama
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget: an endearing second helping of fowl play

By Leigh Singer

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget: an endearing second helping of fowl play
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Celluloid Underground: a lyrical tribute to the material beauty of film

By Rebecca Harrison

Celluloid Underground: a lyrical tribute to the material beauty of film
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Starve Acre: English folk traditions take root in this disturbing horror set in 1970s Yorkshire

By Anton Bitel

Starve Acre: English folk traditions take root in this disturbing horror set in 1970s Yorkshire
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The Holdovers: this high-school heartwarmer is no ordinary throwback

By Philip Kemp

The Holdovers: this high-school heartwarmer is no ordinary throwback
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Earth Mama: an intimate and piercing debut feature

By Kate Stables

Earth Mama: an intimate and piercing debut feature
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Fallen Leaves star Alma Pöysti on working with Aki Kaurismäki: “Everyone was surprised he made this movie”

By Leigh Singer

Fallen Leaves star Alma Pöysti on working with Aki Kaurismäki: “Everyone was surprised he made this movie”
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The Bikeriders: a revved-up replay of the outlaw biker movie

By Nick James

The Bikeriders: a revved-up replay of the outlaw biker movie
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The Royal Hotel: a backpacking adventure turns toxic in Kitty Green’s quiet thriller

By Catherine Wheatley

The Royal Hotel: a backpacking adventure turns toxic in Kitty Green’s quiet thriller
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Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World: Radu Jude’s twisted workplace realities

By Nicolas Rapold

Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World: Radu Jude’s twisted workplace realities
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20 great films playing at BFI London Film Festival 2023

20 great films playing at BFI London Film Festival 2023
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Samsara: a transformative sensorial journey

By Ben Nicholson

Samsara: a transformative sensorial journey
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All of Us Strangers: Andrew Haigh’s glorious magic-realist meditation on grief

By Ben Walters

All of Us Strangers: Andrew Haigh’s glorious magic-realist meditation on grief
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The Pigeon Tunnel: Errol Morris’s richly crafted portrait of John le Carré

By Nick Bradshaw

The Pigeon Tunnel: Errol Morris’s richly crafted portrait of John le Carré
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Concrete Utopia: a moralising disaster movie

By Sara Merican

Concrete Utopia: a moralising disaster movie
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Hit Man: Richard Linklater’s contract killer comedy leaves a refreshingly bitter aftertaste

By Adam Nayman

Hit Man: Richard Linklater’s contract killer comedy leaves a refreshingly bitter aftertaste
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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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The Beast: Bertrand Bonello’s most ambitious film to date

By Kieron Corless

The Beast: Bertrand Bonello’s most ambitious film to date
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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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The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki Hayao’s enchanting fable is bursting with ideas

By Adam Nayman

The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki Hayao’s enchanting fable is bursting with ideas
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Evil Does Not Exist: Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s beguiling ecological drama

By Nicolas Rapold

Evil Does Not Exist: Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s beguiling ecological drama
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The Killer: David Fincher’s normcore assassin unnerves and entertains

By Nicolas Rapold

The Killer: David Fincher’s normcore assassin unnerves and entertains
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Daaaaaali!: it’s as if Luis Buñuel directed a script by Monty Python

By John Bleasdale

Daaaaaali!: it’s as if Luis Buñuel directed a script by Monty Python
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Aggro Dr1ft: Harmony Korine finds new ways to freak us out with his mashed-up media experiment

By Nicolas Rapold

Aggro Dr1ft: Harmony Korine finds new ways to freak us out with his mashed-up media experiment
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: William Friedkin’s final film shows his absolute mastery of his craft

By John Bleasdale

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: William Friedkin’s final film shows his absolute mastery of his craft
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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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Ferrari: Michael Mann’s family melodrama spends too little time on the track

By John Bleasdale

Ferrari: Michael Mann’s family melodrama spends too little time on the track
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