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‘Horrifyingly graphic’ Saving Private Ryan reviewed in 1998
By John Wrathall
‘Horrifyingly graphic’ Saving Private Ryan reviewed in 1998
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Femme: a modern erotic thriller with looks to kill
By Simran Hans
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Fallen Leaves second look review: a return to the small, ordinary beauty of Kaurismäkiland
By Philip Concannon
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Eileen: a dark, enticing, heady genre blend
By Caitlin Quinlan
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Girl: a Glasgow flat becomes a fragile sanctuary in this deeply empathetic mother and daughter story
By Leila Latif
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Queendom: a Russian drag artist fashions her body as a site of protest in this immensely sympathetic documentary
By Guy Lodge
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Godzilla Minus One: the 70 year old titan of terror returns for some spectacular city-stomping
By Kim Newman
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Tish: a tender portrait of British documentary photographer Tish Murtha
By Nick Bradshaw
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Is There Anybody Out There?: a refreshingly honest exploration of ableism
By Lillian Crawford
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Napoleon: Ridley Scott’s confident biopic confirms his own status as a cinematic general
By Jonathan Romney
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Saltburn: an ostentatious black comedy designed to shock
By Sophie Monks Kaufman
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Mami Wata: bold visual style matches mythic reach in this Nigerian epic
By Oris Aigbokhaevbolo
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The Marvels: Nia DaCosta blends action and farce in this good-natured fantasy adventure
By Kim Newman
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The Eternal Memory: Maite Alberdi’s unexpectedly romantic documentary depicts Alzheimer’s in the context of coupledom
By Nick Bradshaw
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Give Me Pity: Amanda Kramer’s sparkling 1980s TV daydream moves to its own demented rhythm
By Christina Newland
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Dream Scenario: Nic Cage is the man of everyone’s dreams in this surreal satire of online exposure
By Anton Bitel
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Bottoms: Emma Seligman delivers a knockout high-school sex comedy
By Clara Bradbury-Rance
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Fingernails: this slippery dystopian romcom tests the limits of love
By Stephanie Bunbury
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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
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Cat Person: this messy adaptation of Kristen Roupenian’s viral short story is devoid of nuance
By Rebecca Harrison
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20,000 Species of Bees: Basque in the sunshine of this intelligent queer drama
By Sophia Satchell Baeza
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It Lives Inside: the clichés creak as much as the floorboards in this disappointing horror
By Anne Billson
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Killers of the Flower Moon second-look review: a landmark achievement for Martin Scorsese
By Catherine Wheatley
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Our River... Our Sky: this Iraq War drama sacrifices depth for legibility
By Ehsan Khoshbakht
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Foe: Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan bring life to this cautionary cloning tale
By Sam Davies
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Dalíland: a one-dimensional portrait of Salvador Dalí’s twilight years
By Annabel Bai Jackson
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget: an endearing second helping of fowl play
By Leigh Singer
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Celluloid Underground: a lyrical tribute to the material beauty of film
By Rebecca Harrison
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Starve Acre: English folk traditions take root in this disturbing horror set in 1970s Yorkshire
By Anton Bitel