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The Return: Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche bring ferocity to this stripped back reimagining of Homer’s Odyssey

Uberto Pasolini trades a fantastic voyage for an intense portrait of a marriage as the long-suffering Odysseus, played by Ralph Fiennes, returns from the Trojan War.

By Ben Nicholson

The Return: Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche bring ferocity to this stripped back reimagining of Homer’s Odyssey

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One to One: John & Yoko: Kevin Macdonald’s documentary finds new angles to the Lennon and Ono story

By Sam Davies

One to One: John & Yoko: Kevin Macdonald’s documentary finds new angles to the Lennon and Ono story

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Sight and Sound’s original verdict on 15 of Cannes’ biggest Palme d’Or winners

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Holy Cow: thoughtful coming-of-age tale about a teen Comté-maker resists cheesiness

By Simran Hans

Holy Cow: thoughtful coming-of-age tale about a teen Comté-maker resists cheesiness

From the Sight and Sound archive

Julie Christie, the honey-glow girl

By Melanie Williams

Julie Christie, the honey-glow girl

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A Minecraft Movie: videogame block-buster has moments of cross-generational joy

By Anton Bitel

A Minecraft Movie: videogame block-buster has moments of cross-generational joy

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Four Mothers: comic spark shines through the farce in this pertly scripted crowd-pleaser

By Nick Davis

Four Mothers: comic spark shines through the farce in this pertly scripted crowd-pleaser

From the Sight and Sound archive

Muriel’s Wedding: the greatest film of all time?

By Andy Medhurst

Muriel’s Wedding: the greatest film of all time?

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The Woman in the Yard: not your garden variety trauma horror

By Adam Nayman

The Woman in the Yard: not your garden variety trauma horror

News

Sight and Sound: the May 2025 issue

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The Most Precious of Cargoes: animated Holocaust fable cannot carry the weight of its subject matter

By Tara Judah

The Most Precious of Cargoes: animated Holocaust fable cannot carry the weight of its subject matter

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The End: bunker-bound billionaires make a song and dance of the apocalypse

By Jonathan Romney

The End: bunker-bound billionaires make a song and dance of the apocalypse

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The Alto Knights: a double dose of De Niro can’t save this cluttered true-crime story

By Kate Stables

The Alto Knights: a double dose of De Niro can’t save this cluttered true-crime story

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Misericordia: mercy is a messy business in Alain Guiraudie’s teasing rural melodrama

By Ben Walters

Misericordia: mercy is a messy business in Alain Guiraudie’s teasing rural melodrama

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The Stimming Pool: a truly radical cinematic exploration of neurodiversity

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Stimming Pool: a truly radical cinematic exploration of neurodiversity

From the Sight and Sound archive

Build my gallows high: Joshua Oppenheimer on The Act of Killing

By Nick Bradshaw

Build my gallows high: Joshua Oppenheimer on The Act of Killing

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La cocina: tensions boil over in Alonso Ruizpalacios’s frenzied New York kitchen drama

By Maria Delgado

La cocina: tensions boil over in Alonso Ruizpalacios’s frenzied New York kitchen drama

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Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other: elegant portrait of an artist marriage

By Nick Bradshaw

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other: elegant portrait of an artist marriage

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Santosh: Indian police drama explores the messy intersections of class, gender and caste

By Bedatri D. Choudhury

Santosh: Indian police drama explores the messy intersections of class, gender and caste

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NE ZHA 2: the demonic wunderkind returns for a convoluted Chinese odyssey

By David West

NE ZHA 2: the demonic wunderkind returns for a convoluted Chinese odyssey

From the Sight and Sound archive

Learning to scream: Linda Williams on Psycho

By Linda Williams

Learning to scream: Linda Williams on Psycho

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Black Bag: Steven Soderbergh’s scenes from a spy marriage

By Mark Asch

Black Bag: Steven Soderbergh’s scenes from a spy marriage

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Sister Midnight: a lush, hallucinatory journey through an arranged marriage

By Arjun Sajip

Sister Midnight: a lush, hallucinatory journey through an arranged marriage

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The Rule of Jenny Pen: John Lithgow terrorises the elderly with a glove puppet in this one-note nursing home nasty

By Leigh Singer

The Rule of Jenny Pen: John Lithgow terrorises the elderly with a glove puppet in this one-note nursing home nasty

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Detective Chinatown 1900: high spectacle Chinese blockbuster turns back time for a muddled prequel

By Daniella Alconaba

Detective Chinatown 1900: high spectacle Chinese blockbuster turns back time for a muddled prequel

Festivals

Restless: a surprising nightmare neighbour thriller

By Anton Bitel

Restless: a surprising nightmare neighbour thriller

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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found: Raoul Peck’s political tribute to a pioneering South African photographer

By Annabel Bai Jackson

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found: Raoul Peck’s political tribute to a pioneering South African photographer

From the Sight and Sound archive

Erin Brockovich, a law unto herself

By Roger Wade

Erin Brockovich, a law unto herself

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On Falling: Laura Carreira’s chilling debut explores the human cost of the gig economy

By Rachel Pronger

On Falling: Laura Carreira’s chilling debut explores the human cost of the gig economy

News

Sight and Sound: the April 2025 issue