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Il Mio Corpo

The arid Sicilian landscape of Michele Pennetta’s docu-film Il Mio Corpo silently communicates all the discontent that the…

By Mersa Auda
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Silent Night

Will Thorne makes his full-length feature writing debut with psychological crime thriller Silent Night, a gritty, but underwhelming…

By Emma-Jane Betts
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Cup of Cheer

As it has passed into December, there can no longer be any begrudging of those who choose to…

By Ben Flanagan
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Safe Spaces

Josh Cohn (Justin Long) is an adjunct professor of creative writing whose life is turned upside down after…

By Ghazaleh Golpira
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No Hard Feelings

As the music pounds and sweaty bodies envelop one another, this German coming-of-age drama leaves no holds barred,…

By Guy Lambert
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A Girl from Mogadishu

A Girl from Mogadishu, the heartening biopic of FGM activist Ifrah Ahmed, kicks off with her breathlessly tense…

By Musanna Ahmed
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Mank

In Mank, David Fincher directs his careful authorial eye towards 1930s California, providing arguably the sharpest, warmest and,…

By Ben Aldis
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Cocoon

An authentic, queer coming-of-age story takes place in the summer streets of Berlin in the award-winning, Cocoon: writer…

By Emma-Jane Betts
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Anything for Jackson

With demonic possession, Satanism, kidnapping and plenty of gnarly effects, Canadian filmmaker Justin G Dyck swaps his usual…

By Andrew Murray
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Host

An obligatory lockdown-based horror movie has arrived with the tedious inevitability of a weekly Zoom quiz, recorded entirely…

By Dan Meier