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Sicilian Letters

Loosely based on the real-life 30-year-long manhunt for infamous Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio…

By Andrew Murray
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Joker: Folie à Deux

One of the most anticipated titles of the autumn is undoubtedly the sequel to Todd Phillips’s Joker. Since…

By Selina Sondermann
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Pavements

It’s hard to decide whether the musical, the most sincere art form, or the documentary, the most carefully…

By Christina Yang
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Paul and Paulette Take a Bath

Boy meets Girl. Boy finds his spiritually depressed office drone existence newly upended, as Girl suffuses his life…

By Thomas Messner
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Don’t Cry, Butterfly

As Duong Dieu Linh’s feature debut begins, the first spectre on hand is not supernatural in nature at…

By Thomas Messner
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Maldoror

In a Belgian town in the mid-90s, two young girls are abducted. The local gendarmerie quickly identifies a…

By Selina Sondermann
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Queer

Martin Scorsese is credited with popularising the concept of making “one for them, one for me”: sustaining a…

By Selina Sondermann
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The Room Next Door

No sooner has Ingrid (Julianne Moore) published a book about her inability to comprehend death, than she learns…

By Selina Sondermann
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Mistress Dispeller

In China, divorce remains extremely taboo; filmmaker Elizabeth Lo discovered that wives would much rather be stuck in…

By Taryn Crowley
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Disclaimer

In the crowded landscape of streaming content, Apple TV+’s Disclaimer manages to carve out a unique space, blending psychological…

By Christina Yang