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Happyend: an impressively assured future-shock satire
Tokyo teens rise up against authoritarian forces in Neo Sora’s smart but schematic dystopian drama.
By Adam Nayman
Happyend: an impressively assured future-shock satire
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Lee: Kate Winslet captures Lee Miller’s indomitable spirit in this earnest wartime biopic
By Sophia Satchell-Baeza
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My Favourite Cake: an Iranian widow finds sweet rebellion in this gentle romantic comedy
By Simran Hans
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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2: Kevin Costner serves up more comfort food for cowboy fans
By John Bleasdale
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The Room Next Door: Almodóvar’s graceful exploration of mortality and friendship
The Room Next Door: Almodóvar’s graceful exploration of mortality and friendshipReviews
In Camera: an ambitious showbiz satire
By Jessica Kiang
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Starve Acre: English folk traditions take root in this disturbing horror set in 1970s Yorkshire
By Anton Bitel
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Wolfs: Pitt and Clooney’s laboured, low-effort crime caper
By Jessica Kiang
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Firebrand: Alicia Vikander gives her finest performance yet in Karim Aïnouz’s Tudor drama
By Philip Kemp
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Cloud: an online hustle turns deadly in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s violent, freewheeling thriller
By Nicolas Rapold
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The Brutalist: ambitious American saga shows the distinctive vision of Brady Corbet
By John Bleasdale
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Black Dog: enigmatic Chinese drama tells a story of loss, redemption and canine love
By Ian Wang
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The Count of Monte Cristo: the latest adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s novel is a grand, robustly entertaining spectacle
By Guy Lodge
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Tim Burton’s unwieldy sequel is messy, messy entertainment
By John Bleasdale
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Strange Darling: gotcha serial killer thriller delights in its own wicked games
By Adam Nayman
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Sing Sing: a moving celebration of human creativity
By Philip Kemp
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Cuckoo: Hunter Schafer gives a game performance in this unapologetically berserk horror
By Anton Bitel
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The Crow: excessive gore can’t hide the bloodlessness of this generic remake
By Adam Nayman
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Toxic: Golden Leopard winner offers an original exploration of familiar teen anxieties
By Stephanie Bunbury
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Youth (Hard Times): Wang Bing uncovers workers’ resilience in his epic survey of Chinese sweatshop labour
By David Katz
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Klitschko: More Than a Fight: a compelling account of boxer-turned-Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko
By Nick Bradshaw
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Blink Twice: Channing Tatum is unconvincing as an evil tech CEO in this convoluted destination thriller
By Philip Concannon
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The Outrun: Saoirse Ronan brings a quiet defiance to this elegant study of addiction
By Guy Lodge
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By the Stream: Hong Sangsoo’s slippery drama gives way to profound sincerity
By Thomas Flew
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Sleep #2: Radu Jude visits Andy Warhol’s grave for a meditative study of posthumous celebrity
By Pamela Hutchinson
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Alien: Romulus: a terrifying return to the visceral menace of the original
By Roger Luckhurst
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Only the River Flows: wonderfully bizarre Chinese noir sets a murder investigation in an empty cinema
By Tom Charity
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Eight Postcards from Utopia: Radu Jude’s twisted TV guide to Romanian history
By Pamela Hutchinson
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Bogancloch: Ben Rivers’ glorious new film continues his fascination with a Scottish forest-dweller
By John Bleasdale