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Monsoon

The opening aerial shot of Monsoon shows a busy intersection with no markings, and we watch as the…

By Jonathan Marshall
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The Man in the Hat

Not interested in listening to endless exposition about time inversion? Put off by the harsh reviews of a…

By Musanna Ahmed
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Spiral

The Get Out for the queer community, Kurtis David Harder’s Spiral shines a cynical light on modern society…

By Andrew Murray
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The Eight Hundred

Gian Hu’s epic film The Eight Hundred, shot entirely on IMAX cameras, is based on the real-life account…

By Daniel Theophanous
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Nocturnal

At night, everything is different. Cigarette smoke looks like mist, clouding thought and judgement. Conversations sound different; voices…

By Abbie Grundy
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Bill & Ted Face the Music

Almost 30 years since their last adventure, Bill and Ted return in the ominously titled Bill & Ted…

By Jake Cudsi
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Repression

Repression (also known as Marionette) tells the story of therapist Marianne, played by Thekla Reuten, whose move to…

By Umar Ali
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Barking Dogs Never Bite

When unemployed academic Yun-ju (Lee Sung-jae) becomes agitated by the sound of barking dogs in his apartment complex,…

By Ghazaleh Golpira
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Eternal Beauty

Eternal Beauty tells the story of Jane (played by Sally Hawkins), a paranoid-schizophrenic whose life is upended when…

By Umar Ali
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Rocks

After a hugely successful debut at last year's Toronto Film Festival, the long-awaited British coming of age drama…

By Emma-Jane Betts