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The Painted Bird

A tale of savagery and brutality at its heart, The Painted Bird is Václav Marhoul’s cinematic adaptation of…

By Guy Lambert
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Savage

Taking viewers into the gritty, violent world of New Zealand’s street gang culture, Savage (the feature film debut…

By Andrew Murray
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The New Mutants

After five botched release dates, The New Mutants has finally reached cinemas. Dropping in the middle of a…

By Musanna Ahmed
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The Lost Husband

It’s safe to say we’re all in need of some feel-good escapism right now. The subject of grief…

By Jonathan Marshall
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Koko-di Koko-da

This Swedish/Danish production is the second feature film from Swedish director Johannes Nyholm, following 2016’s The Giant. It…

By Jessica Wall
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Les Misérables

Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables is an explosive, engrossing debut. The film was actually released across the channel in…

By Jake Cudsi
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I Made This for You

Whilst I Made This for You might present itself as a work of fiction, the story will be…

By Brady Clark
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Hard Kill

Every once in a while a film comes along that demonstrates just how magical the art of filmmaking…

By Jessica Wall
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things

In Charlie Kaufman's new film, two characters driving through a snowy night discuss John Cassavetes's A Woman Under…

By Malin Hay
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Waiting for the Barbarians

In 1980, novelist JM Coetzee published his frontier novel Waiting for the Barbarians, to critical acclaim and countless…

By Guy Lambert