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Layla: Amrou Al-Kadhi on their sparkling drag queen romance

Debut director Amrou Al-Kadhi joins us to discuss their uplifting first feature set around east London drag clubs, which opens BFI Flare 2024.

By Lou Thomas

Layla: Amrou Al-Kadhi on their sparkling drag queen romance

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Trans films in the spotlight as BFI Flare returns

By Ben Walters

Trans films in the spotlight as BFI Flare returns

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The Dead Don’t Hurt: a ruminative state-of-the-nation western

By Anton Bitel

The Dead Don’t Hurt: a ruminative state-of-the-nation western

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Suspended Time: an affectingly vulnerable lockdown chronicle

By Nicolas Rapold

Suspended Time: an affectingly vulnerable lockdown chronicle

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A Different Man: a discomfiting but darkly hilarious story of a man with two faces

By Jessica Kiang

A Different Man: a discomfiting but darkly hilarious story of a man with two faces

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Janet Planet: Annie Baker’s warm, understated portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship

By Lou Thomas

Janet Planet: Annie Baker’s warm, understated portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship

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What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2024

By Alex Ramon

What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2024

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Black Tea: a labyrinthine multicultural love story

By Nick James

Black Tea: a labyrinthine multicultural love story

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Abiding Nowhere: a beautiful addition to Tsai Ming-liang’s Walker film series

By Nick James

Abiding Nowhere: a beautiful addition to Tsai Ming-liang’s Walker film series

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Pepe: Pablo Escobar’s philosophical hippo takes viewers on a radically inventive journey

By Jonathan Romney

Pepe: Pablo Escobar’s philosophical hippo takes viewers on a radically inventive journey

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10 to see at Glasgow Film Festival 2024

By Josh Slater-Williams

10 to see at Glasgow Film Festival 2024

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Architecton: a daunting look at the rubble of our existence

By Nicolas Rapold

Architecton: a daunting look at the rubble of our existence

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Spaceman: Adam Sandler and an alien spider embark on a mission to Jupiter in this dull sci-fi

By Jessica Kiang

Spaceman: Adam Sandler and an alien spider embark on a mission to Jupiter in this dull sci-fi

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Dahomey: Mati Diop’s otherworldly documentary gives voice to looted African artefacts

By Rachel Pronger

Dahomey: Mati Diop’s otherworldly documentary gives voice to looted African artefacts

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Small Things like These: this grimy, moving portrait of 1980s Ireland knows the power of restraint

By Jessica Kiang

Small Things like These: this grimy, moving portrait of 1980s Ireland knows the power of restraint

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10 films to watch at Borderlines 2024

By Faye D. Effard

10 films to watch at Borderlines 2024

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The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire: this poignant anti-biopic resists conventional ideas around rediscovery

By Rachel Pronger

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire: this poignant anti-biopic resists conventional ideas around rediscovery

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Rei: grace is extended to every character in this beautiful meditation on loneliness

By John Bleasdale

Rei: grace is extended to every character in this beautiful meditation on loneliness

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Swimming Home: arty Deborah Levy adaptation never quite plumbs the depths of its characters

By John Bleasdale

Swimming Home: arty Deborah Levy adaptation never quite plumbs the depths of its characters

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I Saw the TV Glow: a rough portrait of fanatical obsession

By Nicolas Rapold

I Saw the TV Glow: a rough portrait of fanatical obsession

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Handling the Undead: the walking dead offer hope for the bereaved in this mournful zombie movie

By Sam Wigley

Handling the Undead: the walking dead offer hope for the bereaved in this mournful zombie movie

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Kneecap: a biopic is only the beginning for this anarchic Belfast hip hop trio

By Thomas Flew

Kneecap: a biopic is only the beginning for this anarchic Belfast hip hop trio

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Look Into My Eyes: exquisitely made documentary about New York City psychics puts compassion before cynicism

By Nicolas Rapold

Look Into My Eyes: exquisitely made documentary about New York City psychics puts compassion before cynicism

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Love Lies Bleeding: this bodybuilding melodrama is a film of passionate extremes

By Nicolas Rapold

Love Lies Bleeding: this bodybuilding melodrama is a film of passionate extremes

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Presence: this suburban ghost story is one of Steven Soderbergh’s best go-for-broke experiments yet

By Nicolas Rapold

Presence: this suburban ghost story is one of Steven Soderbergh’s best go-for-broke experiments yet

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Krazy House: 1990s sitcom spoof is startlingly unfunny

By Anton Bitel

Krazy House: 1990s sitcom spoof is startlingly unfunny

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Sex work and the city: Mikko Mäkelä on his intimate meta-narrative Sebastian

By Sam Wigley

Sex work and the city: Mikko Mäkelä on his intimate meta-narrative Sebastian

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Between the Temples: Nathan Silver’s strange, sweet natured comedy has echoes of Harold and Maude

By Lou Thomas

Between the Temples: Nathan Silver’s strange, sweet natured comedy has echoes of Harold and Maude

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All of Us Strangers: Andrew Haigh’s glorious magic-realist meditation on grief

By Ben Walters

All of Us Strangers: Andrew Haigh’s glorious magic-realist meditation on grief