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The Book of Clarence: a messy, genre-blending Biblical epic
Jeymes Samuel follows up The Harder They Fall (2021) with a tone-switching swords-and-sandals stoner comedy starring LaKeith Stanfield as a false prophet.
By Arjun Sajip
The Book of Clarence: a messy, genre-blending Biblical epic
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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
From the Sight and Sound archive
“Scorsese has become the threnodist of frustration”: After Hours reviewed in 1986
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
Festivals
The Dead Don’t Hurt: a ruminative state-of-the-nation western
By Anton Bitel