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September Says: Ariane Labed’s inventive debut understands the creepiness of sisters

Ariane Labed adapts Daisy Johnson’s modern gothic novel about two sisters with a dangerously close bond in an unnerving debut feature where the horror begins at home.

By Katie McCabe

September Says: Ariane Labed’s inventive debut understands the creepiness of sisters

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What to see at BFI Future Film Festival 2025: The Young Programmers’ Picks

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Fiume o morte!: wonderfully irreverent doc reenacts a brief dictatorship

By Carmen Gray

Fiume o morte!: wonderfully irreverent doc reenacts a brief dictatorship

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Raptures: Swedish historical drama about an apocalyptic cult is hindered by tame execution

By Rachel Pronger

Raptures: Swedish historical drama about an apocalyptic cult is hindered by tame execution

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Videoheaven: Alex Ross Perry’s insightful examination of video shops

By Tara Judah

Videoheaven: Alex Ross Perry’s insightful examination of video shops

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DJ Ahmet: Macedonian coming-of-ager hits pleasurable but predictable notes

By Rafa Sales Ross

DJ Ahmet: Macedonian coming-of-ager hits pleasurable but predictable notes

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Life After: a nuanced interrogation of right-to-die policy

By Nicolas Rapold

Life After: a nuanced interrogation of right-to-die policy

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The Ugly Stepsister: Cinderella body horror is as cruel as the fairytale

By Savina Petkova

The Ugly Stepsister: Cinderella body horror is as cruel as the fairytale

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By Design: a playful body swap drama between a woman and a chair

By Tara Judah

By Design: a playful body swap drama between a woman and a chair

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Peter Hujar’s Day: Ira Sachs’s gorgeous time capsule of New York’s 1970s downtown scene

By Martin Tsai

Peter Hujar’s Day: Ira Sachs’s gorgeous time capsule of New York’s 1970s downtown scene

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Best of Baltic at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

By Lou Thomas

Best of Baltic at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

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11 Rebels: long, bloody and uncompromising samurai action cinema

By Kambole Campbell

11 Rebels: long, bloody and uncompromising samurai action cinema

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Ghost Cat Anzu: a freewheeling anime adventure

By Kambole Campbell

Ghost Cat Anzu: a freewheeling anime adventure

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Stranger Eyes: unnerving Singaporean thriller interrogates contemporary surveillance culture

By Tony Rayns

Stranger Eyes: unnerving Singaporean thriller interrogates contemporary surveillance culture

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Memoir of a Snail: life is bittersweet in Adam Elliot’s stop-motion tragicomedy

By Ivie Uzebu

Memoir of a Snail: life is bittersweet in Adam Elliot’s stop-motion tragicomedy

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Anora: Sean Baker’s demolition of the Pretty Woman fantasy is his most vivid creation yet

By Jessica Kiang

Anora: Sean Baker’s demolition of the Pretty Woman fantasy is his most vivid creation yet

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Vermiglio: a slow-burn Italian family saga of immense subtlety

By Nick James

Vermiglio: a slow-burn Italian family saga of immense subtlety

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We Live in Time: an eminently watchable but contrived weepie

By Leigh Singer

We Live in Time: an eminently watchable but contrived weepie

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Queer: Luca Guadagnino finds romance in William S. Burroughs’ story of obsession and squalor

By Jessica Kiang

Queer: Luca Guadagnino finds romance in William S. Burroughs’ story of obsession and squalor

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Piece by Piece: Pharrell’s Lego movie takes a playful approach to the music biopic

By Alex Dudok de Wit

Piece by Piece: Pharrell’s Lego movie takes a playful approach to the music biopic

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Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases: Arthur Conan Doyle’s mysteries come to life at Alexandra Palace

By Philip Concannon

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases: Arthur Conan Doyle’s mysteries come to life at Alexandra Palace

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Little, Big and Far: Jem Cohen turns his thoughtful gaze to the stars

By Cici Peng

Little, Big and Far: Jem Cohen turns his thoughtful gaze to the stars

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April: dread inhabits every frame of Déa Kulumbegashvili’s brilliant abortion drama

By Jessica Kiang

April: dread inhabits every frame of Déa Kulumbegashvili’s brilliant abortion drama

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20 great films playing at BFI London Film Festival 2024

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Afternoons of Solitude: Albert Serra’s immersive encapsulation of matador life

By Neil Young

Afternoons of Solitude: Albert Serra’s immersive encapsulation of matador life

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Conclave: the hunt for a new pope begins in Edward Berger’s ecclesiastical hoot

By Neil Young

Conclave: the hunt for a new pope begins in Edward Berger’s ecclesiastical hoot

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Heretic: Hugh Grant uses his charming persona to draw blood in this creepy theological horror

By Adam Nayman

Heretic: Hugh Grant uses his charming persona to draw blood in this creepy theological horror

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Oh, Canada: hits the Schrader sweet spot between earnest autofiction and cynical critique

By Adam Nayman

Oh, Canada: hits the Schrader sweet spot between earnest autofiction and cynical critique

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Universal Language: a beautifully absurd crosscultural odyssey

By Saffron Maeve

Universal Language: a beautifully absurd crosscultural odyssey

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Familiar Touch: a lovingly told coming-of-old-age film

By Ela Bittencourt

Familiar Touch: a lovingly told coming-of-old-age film