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Afire

After previous films Transit and Undine, for which Paula Beer won the Berlin Film Festival’s Best Actress award…

By Selina Sondermann
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Theater Camp

This feature-length adaptation is based on a 2020 short film by directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, as…

By Guy Lambert
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TIM

Anxieties surrounding technology have been a regular fixture in popular culture for decades, spanning the likes of J-horror’s…

By Andrew Murray
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Blue Beetle

The DC comic universe – or as some like to call it, the dark cinematic universe – returns…

By Guy Lambert
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Strays

The premise of remaking a generic live-action animal family movie as a filthy comedy might sound too cringe…

By Musanna Ahmed
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Lie with Me

It’s sometimes a single aspect that really makes a film: the characterisation perhaps, an utterly engaging plot or…

By Will Snell
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Billion Dollar Heist

Billion Dollar Heist is a documentary that tells the story of the Bangladesh Bank robbery that took place…

By Umar Ali
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Love in Taipei

Based on Abigail Hing Wen’s novel Loveboat, Taipei, feel-good rom-com Love in Taipei sees Ever Wong (Ashley Liao)…

By Andrew Murray
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Puffin Rock and the New Friends

Cartoon Saloon prove once again, from their Academy-award nomination for Wolfwalkers and now, Puffin Rock and the New…

By Mae Trumata
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Heart of Stone

Starting an action movie with some action? Not a bad idea. An itchily long stream of almost pure…

By Will Snell