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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things review – effusive ode to Willie Barns-Graham

By Marina Ashioti

Mark Cousins’ lyrical exploration into the life and work of a little-known modernist painter from Scotland.

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The Apprentice review – Demands sympathy for the devil

By Mark Asch

Sebastian Stan essays a young Donald Trump in this glossy, empty film about the orange fascist’s initial dabbling in evil.

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Milisuthando review – an intimate, nuanced cine-essay

By Marina Ashioti

This documentary artfully explores familial love, race and belonging through the complex framework of South African history.

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Smile 2 review – this is going to ruin the tour

By Hannah Strong

Parker Finn follows up his 2022 smash with a suitably silly sequel, in which a pop star becomes the latest victim of the grinning demon who drives victims to suicide.

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The Wild Robot review – a moving ecological parable

By Kambole Campbell

Chris Sanders crafts an expressive, visually striking fable about a robot forced to adapt to the environment of an uninhabited island.

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Portraits of Dangerous Women review – pleasant to a fault

By David Jenkins

Following a bizarre road accident, the lives of three strangers collide in this cheerful yet meandering dramedy.

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Terrifier 3 review – deck the halls with small intestines

By Charles Bramesco

Damien Leone's cult favourite killer clown returns for some festive fun in the third instalment in the goretastic franchise.

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Blitz – A vital fragment of the Steve McQueen saga

By Rogan Graham

A mother and son reunion takes place on the bomb-shattered streets of World War Two-era London in this sweeping historical melodrama.

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Timestalker review – ripples with insight and emotion

By David Jenkins

Alice Lowe’s miraculous second feature is a triumph of imagination, soul-searching and a refined comic instinct.

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The Battle For Laikipia review – captures a violent story as it happens

By David Jenkins

A conflict between indigenous communities and white settlers in a region ravaged by historical grievances and climate change is the subject of this powerful doc.

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A Different Man review – an atmospheric, idiosyncratic thriller

By Hannah Strong

Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson are an excellent double act in Aaron Schimberg's effective sophomore feature.

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Joker: Folie à Deux review – a grim karaoke session

By Hannah Strong

Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his circus act as Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the crime-committing clown about town in this shockingly amateur musical effort.

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The Outrun review – sensationally directed and performed

By Katherine McLaughlin

Saoirse Ronan stars as a young woman battling alcoholism on the Orkney Isles in Nora Fingscheidt's adaptation of Amy Liptrott's bestselling memoir.

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The Teacher review – a wonderful cinematic experience

By Grace Dodd

A Palestinian teacher has to reconcile his commitment to political resistance with his role as father-figure in Farah Nabulsi's gripping feature debut.

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Megalopolis review – scintillating, absurd and violently original

By David Jenkins

Ignore the haters – this is the kaleidoscopic, enriching, Wellsian vision of a grand old master with nothing to lose.

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Wolfs review – it’s content, not cinema

By Hannah Strong

Two lone wolf fixers bicker their way through Jon Watts' sparkless action comedy, which wastes the charisma of George Clooney.

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The Goldman Case review – a thumping courtroom drama

By David Jenkins

Cédric Kahn recreates the gripping 1976 trial of political activist Pierre Goldman in this immersive courtroom drama.

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His Three Daughters review – fires on all pistons

By David Jenkins

Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen play estranged sisters reuniting to care for their ailing father in Azazel Jacobs’ affecting chamber drama.

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