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THE CHRISTOPHERS
McKellen carries the whole thing quite magnificently on his pale, scrawny, octogenarian shoulders
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KÖLN 75
By capturing the skronky zeitgeist, Fluk enriches our experience of the performance more vividly than a conventional biopic
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DJ AHMET
The script hits its beats with the precision of a well-programmed 808, and occasionally with similar predictability
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ROSE OF NEVADA
If you are willing to let the salt, grit and spray of Jenkin's film seep into your bones, this is his most disquieting work yet.
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THE STRANGER
An overly polite rendition of a venerable classic
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MIROIRS NO. 3
A modest addition to a great director's filmography
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FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
Three moody jazz variations in a very minor key
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LA GRAZIA
After the overblown Parthenope, "Diet Sorrentino" is no bad thing
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SOUND OF FALLING
Like the Bergman of Fanny and Alexander filming Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space
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RESURRECTION
Directed by: Bi Gan Starring: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao Certificate: 15 Released: 13 March 2026 Rating: 8/10 Bi Gan’s first feature, Kaili Blues (2015), made when he was just 25, was notable for a remarkable 41-minute road trip accomplished in a single bravura shot. Midway through,
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DEAD MAN’S WIRE
Directed by: Gus Van Sant Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Al Pacino Certificate: tbc Released: 20 March 2026 Rating: 7/10 "There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay," insisted Gil Scott-Heron in 1970, but not even he could foresee our present
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SIRÂT
Directed by: Oliver Laxe Starring: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez, Stefania Gadda Certificate: 15 Released: 27 February 2026Rating: 8/10 Galician director Oliver Laxe is shaping up to be modern cinema’s austere poet of mystical revelation. Mimosas (2016) was the kind of film that Sufi poets might have made if