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The Girl with the Needle: Magnus von Horn’s grand guignol nightmare of infanticide
Adapted from the real-life story of Danish serial killer Dagmar Overbye, Magnus von Horn’s gothic fairytale is set in post-World War I Copenhagen, but its horrifying reality does not feel so far from our own.
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Babygirl: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson sizzle in a sly and playful erotic drama
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A Real Pain: Jesse Eisenberg’s neurotic buddy movie is an intelligent take on Holocaust remembrance
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Viola Davis: over the fences
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Nickel Boys: RaMell Ross’ radically inventive second feature
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl: a thrilling return for Feathers McGraw
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Better Man: Chimpanzee Robbie Williams brings excitement to an otherwise conventional biopic
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