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Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller

Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway go toe to toe in a suspenseful suburban story dressed up in immaculate pastel outfits and one too many retro-thriller tropes.

By Kate Stables

Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller
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Opus: Sakamoto Ryuichi performs his swan songs

By Sam Wigley

Opus: Sakamoto Ryuichi performs his swan songs
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Late Night with the Devil: an underwhelming horror with an ingenious concept

By Adam Nayman

Late Night with the Devil: an underwhelming horror with an ingenious concept
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Baltimore: thrilling heist movie tells the story of Rose Dugdale, a British heiress turned IRA member

By Katie McCabe

Baltimore: thrilling heist movie tells the story of Rose Dugdale, a British heiress turned IRA member
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“Scorsese has become the threnodist of frustration”: After Hours reviewed in 1986

By Richard Combs

“Scorsese has become the threnodist of frustration”: After Hours reviewed in 1986
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Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent

By Anton Bitel

Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent
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The Delinquents: a bank robbery movie that plays like an existential epic

By Adam Nayman

The Delinquents: a bank robbery movie that plays like an existential epic
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Robot Dreams: Pablo Berger’s touching silent animation shows how swiftly a bond of affection can mark a life

By Alex Dudok de Wit

Robot Dreams: Pablo Berger’s touching silent animation shows how swiftly a bond of affection can mark a life
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Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness

By Anton Bitel

Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness
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The New Boy: realism is undercut by magic in Warwick Thornton’s Outback fable

By Jonathan Romney

The New Boy: realism is undercut by magic in Warwick Thornton’s Outback fable
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Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s elemental love story has the air of a parable

By Annabel Bai Jackson

Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s elemental love story has the air of a parable
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Drive-Away Dolls: a lesbian road trip comedy that feels authentic to the 1990s but stuck there, too

By Simran Hans

Drive-Away Dolls: a lesbian road trip comedy that feels authentic to the 1990s but stuck there, too
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Monster: Koreeda Hirokazu’s elegant and imaginative expression of childhood

By Guy Lodge

Monster: Koreeda Hirokazu’s elegant and imaginative expression of childhood
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Imaginary: a sufficiently creepy domestic ghost story

By Kim Newman

Imaginary: a sufficiently creepy domestic ghost story
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High & Low: John Galliano: a thoughtful, expansive portrait of a disgraced fashion designer

By Nick Bradshaw

High & Low: John Galliano: a thoughtful, expansive portrait of a disgraced fashion designer
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Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems

By Kate Stables

Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems
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Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup

By Rachel Pronger

Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup
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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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Lisa Frankenstein: patchy zombie teen horror goes gravedigging in 1980s pop culture

By Anton Bitel

Lisa Frankenstein: patchy zombie teen horror goes gravedigging in 1980s pop culture
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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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Dune: Part Two: an impressive sci-fi war saga

By Kim Newman

Dune: Part Two: an impressive sci-fi war saga
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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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Four Daughters: the facts and fictions of a Tunisian family’s history blur in this fascinating hybrid documentary

By Jonathan Romney

Four Daughters: the facts and fictions of a Tunisian family’s history blur in this fascinating hybrid documentary
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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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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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