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Evil Dead Burn: the franchise returns with fire, fury and family dysfunction

A funeral at a secluded vacation house becomes a battleground of grief, resentment and demonic possession in Sébastien Vaniček's grisly new chapter of the Evil Dead series.

By Anton Bitel

Evil Dead Burn: the franchise returns with fire, fury and family dysfunction

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The Last One for the Road: a leisurely Beckettian bender through northeastern Italy

By Philip Concannon

The Last One for the Road: a leisurely Beckettian bender through northeastern Italy

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Shoot the People: Misan Harriman documentary questions the power and purpose of protest imagery

By Leila Latif

Shoot the People: Misan Harriman documentary questions the power and purpose of protest imagery

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Supergirl: Milly Alcock carries this movie on her cape

By Kim Newman

Supergirl: Milly Alcock carries this movie on her cape

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The Furious: familiar revenge cinema gets an exuberant martial-arts workout

By David West

The Furious: familiar revenge cinema gets an exuberant martial-arts workout

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Don’t try this at home: Jackass: The Movie reviewed in 2003

By Edward Lawrenson

Don’t try this at home: Jackass: The Movie reviewed in 2003

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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie: a gloriously silly time-travel comedy about friendship and creative ambition

By Will Sloan

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie: a gloriously silly time-travel comedy about friendship and creative ambition

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Toy Story 5: screen-time overtakes creative play in Pixar’s imaginative tear-jerker

By Leigh Singer

Toy Story 5: screen-time overtakes creative play in Pixar’s imaginative tear-jerker

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Dry Leaf: Alexandre Koberidze’s low-res road movie is a quietly political ode to the ordinary

By Joseph Fahim

Dry Leaf: Alexandre Koberidze’s low-res road movie is a quietly political ode to the ordinary

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Familiar Touch: a lovingly told coming-of-old-age film

By Ela Bittencourt

Familiar Touch: a lovingly told coming-of-old-age film

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Nino: a young man’s world is rocked by a cancer diagnosis in a poignant French New Wave-inspired drama

By Catherine Wheatley

Nino: a young man’s world is rocked by a cancer diagnosis in a poignant French New Wave-inspired drama

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A Private Life: Jodie Foster anchors this elegant but underpowered Parisian mystery

By Philip Concannon

A Private Life: Jodie Foster anchors this elegant but underpowered Parisian mystery

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Blue Heron: Grief is not a problem to be solved in Sophy Romvari’s bittersweet debut

By Ian Wang

Blue Heron: Grief is not a problem to be solved in Sophy Romvari’s bittersweet debut

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“The whole film is centred upon Hockney’s art”: A Bigger Splash reviewed in 1975

By Philip French

“The whole film is centred upon Hockney’s art”: A Bigger Splash reviewed in 1975

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Cactus Pears: a gentle exploration of queer identities in rural India

By Srikanth Srinivasan

Cactus Pears: a gentle exploration of queer identities in rural India

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Effi o Blaenau: a fierce portrait of resilience in north Wales

By Becca Voelcker

Effi o Blaenau: a fierce portrait of resilience in north Wales

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The Dreamed Adventure: Valeska Grisebach’s haunting slow-burn western unearths dirty dealings in rural Bulgaria

By Savina Petkova

The Dreamed Adventure: Valeska Grisebach’s haunting slow-burn western unearths dirty dealings in rural Bulgaria

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Time and Water: Iceland’s vanishing glaciers haunt this moving climate essay

By Rachel Pronger

Time and Water: Iceland’s vanishing glaciers haunt this moving climate essay

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Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s tense alien conspiracy thriller is derailed by sentimental detours

By Kate Stables

Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s tense alien conspiracy thriller is derailed by sentimental detours

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Bitter Christmas: Pedro Almodóvar makes himself the butt of the joke in a slippery meta drama

By Jessica Kiang

Bitter Christmas: Pedro Almodóvar makes himself the butt of the joke in a slippery meta drama

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Minotaur: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s beautifully sinister Chabrol adaptation dissects Russian authoritarianism

By Jessica Kiang

Minotaur: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s beautifully sinister Chabrol adaptation dissects Russian authoritarianism

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Erupcja: Charli xcx brings natural charm to this whimsical but weightless Warsaw hangout movie

By Kate Stables

Erupcja: Charli xcx brings natural charm to this whimsical but weightless Warsaw hangout movie

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Enzo: French coming-of-ager is a poignant farewell from director Laurent Cantet

By Guy Lodge

Enzo: French coming-of-ager is a poignant farewell from director Laurent Cantet

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Backrooms: Kane Parsons turns internet mythology into an unsettling and inventive horror

By Kim Newman

Backrooms: Kane Parsons turns internet mythology into an unsettling and inventive horror

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Parallel Tales: Asghar Farhadi plays with ideas of artistic voyeurism in a frustratingly opaque French-language drama

By Tara Brady

Parallel Tales: Asghar Farhadi plays with ideas of artistic voyeurism in a frustratingly opaque French-language drama

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Blonde ambition: Legally Blonde reviewed in 2001

By Kay Dickinson

Blonde ambition: Legally Blonde reviewed in 2001

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A Man of His Time: Emmanuel Marre’s daring World War II drama explores the dark side of bureaucratic ambition

By Thomas Flew

A Man of His Time: Emmanuel Marre’s daring World War II drama explores the dark side of bureaucratic ambition

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All of a Sudden: Hamaguchi questions philosophies of care in a radically tender and enriching drama

By Nicolas Rapold

All of a Sudden: Hamaguchi questions philosophies of care in a radically tender and enriching drama

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Fjord: curiously underdeveloped addition to Cristian Mungiu’s body of work explores religious persecution in a small Scandinavian town

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Fjord: curiously underdeveloped addition to Cristian Mungiu’s body of work explores religious persecution in a small Scandinavian town

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Gabin: remarkable documentary captures a boy’s coming of age in a changing French farming community

By Katie McCabe

Gabin: remarkable documentary captures a boy’s coming of age in a changing French farming community