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Summerland

The beauty of an unexpected friendship during wartime is a fairly common idea for a film. Whilst Summerland…

By Musanna Ahmed
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Make Up

Make Up, the debut feature from acclaimed short filmmaker Claire Oakley, screened at the London Film Festival last…

By Andrew Murray
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Shine Your Eyes

The fictional debut from Brazilian filmmaker Matias Mariani, Shine Your Eyes, is a visionary tour de force that…

By Andrew Murray
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The Rifleman (Dveselu putenis)

Adapted from by Aleksandrs Grins's book The Rifleman: Blizzard of Souls, The Rifleman follows the story of 17-year-old…

By Guy Lambert
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The Traitor

With The Traitor, Marco Bellocchio seemingly directs a stylish mobster movie centring on the legendary informant Tommaso Buscetta…

By Mary-Catherine Harvey
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Peripheral

In 2018, the world’s first AI-written novel was revealed: 1 the Road. Although the response to the text…

By Samuel Nicholls
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Disappearance at Clifton Hill

This decent little Canadian thriller lives and dies by the central performance of Tuppence Middleton, but it’s helped…

By Musanna Ahmed
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How to Build a Girl

How to Build a Girl makes the case that growing up should be a bold and messy process…

By Mary-Catherine Harvey
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Masters of Love

Masters of Love is a story about a group of Londoners having trouble in their romantic relationships. Emmy…

By Mersa Auda
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Life With Music

Claude Lalonde makes his directorial debut with the philosophy-driven drama Life With Music, a competent but slow feature…

By Emma-Jane Betts