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All You Need is Death: hallucinatory horror captures the alchemical power of Irish folk ballads
Two musicologists obsessed with field recordings of Irish folk ballads uncover the dark, destructive secrets of an ancient song in Paul Duane’s chaotic and original low-budget folk horror.
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
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If Only I Could Hibernate: a beautifully crafted Mongolian drama
By Tom Charity
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Back to Black: Amy Winehouse biopic fails in its aspirations to focus on the music
By Rebecca Harrison
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The Teachers’ Lounge: the hunt for a bad apple leads to chaos in this jittery classroom thriller
By Catherine Wheatley
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Civil War: Alex Garland’s spectacle of violence is determined to throw the audience off balance
By Henry K Miller
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Yannick: a disgruntled heckler hijacks a play in Quentin Dupieux’s wry comedy
By John Bleasdale
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Io Capitano: a surreal, shapeshifting quest for a new life in Europe
By Jason Anderson
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The First Omen: a surprisingly lively take on well-worn franchise mythology
By Adam Nayman
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Monkey Man: Dev Patel wreaks brutal havoc in a muddled but enthralling revenge drama
By Guy Lodge
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: an enjoyably goofy monster mash
By Kim Newman
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The Sweet East: a risky, uncompromising road movie
By Catherine Wheatley
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Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller
By Kate Stables
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Opus: Sakamoto Ryuichi performs his swan songs
By Sam Wigley
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Late Night with the Devil: an underwhelming horror with an ingenious concept
By Adam Nayman
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Baltimore: thrilling heist movie tells the story of Rose Dugdale, a British heiress turned IRA member
By Katie McCabe
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By Richard Combs
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Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent
By Anton Bitel
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The Delinquents: a bank robbery movie that plays like an existential epic
By Adam Nayman
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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
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Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness
By Anton Bitel
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The New Boy: realism is undercut by magic in Warwick Thornton’s Outback fable
By Jonathan Romney
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Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s elemental love story has the air of a parable
By Annabel Bai Jackson
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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
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Monster: Koreeda Hirokazu’s elegant and imaginative expression of childhood
By Guy Lodge
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Imaginary: a sufficiently creepy domestic ghost story
By Kim Newman
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High & Low: John Galliano: a thoughtful, expansive portrait of a disgraced fashion designer
By Nick Bradshaw
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Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems
By Kate Stables
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Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup
By Rachel Pronger