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Cotton Queen

Set in a Sudanese village where harvests and histories are deeply entwined, Suzannah Mirghani’s Cotton Queen straddles parable…

By Christina Yang
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Digger

There’s something surreal about seeing Tom Cruise, the action franchise extraordinaire, in a non-IP role. For an actor…

By Antonia Georgiou
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The Last First: Winter K2

In 2021, Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurjónsson set out to climb the world’s second-tallest mountain during the winter.…

By Andrew Murray
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Sense and Sensibility

Following an impressive directorial debut with the low-budget production Blue Jean, filmmaker Georgia Oakley raised the creative stakes…

By Selina Sondermann
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Heart of the Beast

Heart of the Beast stars Brad Pitt as retired Green Beret James Belmont, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness…

By The editorial unit
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Her Private Hell

Ten years after presenting The Neon Demon in Cannes, Nicolas Winding Refn’s return to the big screen is…

By Selina Sondermann
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Hope

Just when most critics had written off the competition at the 79th edition of Cannes as samey and…

By Selina Sondermann
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Babystar

Hauntingly reflective of influencer culture and the rise of AI as a means of social fulfilment, Babystar follows…

By Mae Trumata