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  • LFF: Is This Thing On? (2025) – Will Arnett is a hoot in Bradley Cooper’s romcom drama about messy marriages

    LFF: Is This Thing On? (2025) – Will Arnett is a hoot in Bradley Cooper’s romcom drama about messy marriages

    Juliette Howard

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    October 26, 2025

    Bradley Cooper shows that there’s more to his directing chops than simply painting himself as a brilliant-but-flawed musician…

  • LFF: The Choral (2025) – Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett’s latest collaboration is perfect Sunday afternoon viewing

    LFF: The Choral (2025) – Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett’s latest collaboration is perfect Sunday afternoon viewing

    Juliette Howard

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    October 21, 2025

    Ralph Fiennes leads a fine ensemble in Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett’s collaboration The Choral, an aptly named…

  • LFF: Love Me Tender (2025) – Vicki Krieps is magnetic in adaptation of Constance Debré’s scandalous novel about a woman’s fight for custody

    LFF: Love Me Tender (2025) – Vicki Krieps is magnetic in adaptation of Constance Debré’s scandalous novel about a woman’s fight for custody

    Juliette Howard

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    October 19, 2025

    Constance Debré’s scandalous novel about a woman’s fight for custody of her son is brought to the big…

  • LFF: Jay Kelly (2025) – George Clooney leads road-trip fiasco in Noah Baumbach’s ode to the mid-life crisis

    LFF: Jay Kelly (2025) – George Clooney leads road-trip fiasco in Noah Baumbach’s ode to the mid-life crisis

    Juliette Howard

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    October 18, 2025

    George Clooney plays a parallel universe, cardboard cutout of himself in Noah Baumbach’s eponymous Jay Kelly, the fantastical…

  • LFF: After The Hunt (2025) – Luca Guadagnino’s psychological thriller about a campus sexual assault feels out of sorts

    LFF: After The Hunt (2025) – Luca Guadagnino’s psychological thriller about a campus sexual assault feels out of sorts

    Juliette Howard

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    October 17, 2025

    No one does horny quite like Luca Guadagnino. Challengers, Call Me By Your Name, Queer – the man…

  • LFF: Bugonia (2025) – Yorgos Lanthimos’ abduction thriller is a masterclass in storytelling

    LFF: Bugonia (2025) – Yorgos Lanthimos’ abduction thriller is a masterclass in storytelling

    Juliette Howard

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    October 17, 2025

    Yorgos Lanthimos shows no signs of slowing down with his latest nightmare Bugonia, a strangely comical and infinitely…

  • LFF: Fwends (2025) – Sophie Somerville talks guerilla-style filmmaking, improvisation and the importance of connection in today’s world

    LFF: Fwends (2025) – Sophie Somerville talks guerilla-style filmmaking, improvisation and the importance of connection in today’s world

    Juliette Howard

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    October 16, 2025

    In Sophie Somerville’s Fwends, two friends reunite one weekend and walk the streets of Melbourne, catching up on…

  • LFF: Bad Apples (2025) – Saoirse Ronan plays an overwhelmed teacher in Jonatan Etzler’s deliciously dark comedy

    LFF: Bad Apples (2025) – Saoirse Ronan plays an overwhelmed teacher in Jonatan Etzler’s deliciously dark comedy

    Juliette Howard

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    October 16, 2025

    Here is a film that will hit close to home for those who have stood before a classroom…

  • LFF: Wake Up Dead Man – A Knives Out Mystery (2025) – Rian Johnson’s strongest instalment so far

    LFF: Wake Up Dead Man – A Knives Out Mystery (2025) – Rian Johnson’s strongest instalment so far

    Juliette Howard

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    October 13, 2025

    “This was dressed as a miracle. It’s just a murder – and I solve murders”, announces Benoit Blanc…

  • LFF: Alpha (2025) – Julia Ducournau’s latest has a lot of heart despite its confusing timeline

    LFF: Alpha (2025) – Julia Ducournau’s latest has a lot of heart despite its confusing timeline

    Juliette Howard

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    October 13, 2025

    Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau returns with fresh meat in Alpha, a twisted and complicated tale of familial…

  • LFF: Good Boy (2025) – Jan Komasa’s dark comedy is an original twist on the bonds and shackles of family

    LFF: Good Boy (2025) – Jan Komasa’s dark comedy is an original twist on the bonds and shackles of family

    Juliette Howard

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    October 11, 2025

    It seems there are Good Boys everywhere at the moment. Not to be mistaken for the dog-led horror…

  • The Long Walk (2025) – reflections on an adaptation

    The Long Walk (2025) – reflections on an adaptation

    Juliette Howard

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    September 28, 2025

    Before Carrie, the book that would make him famous in his late twenties, Stephen King wrote in college…

  • Steve (2025) – the Boiling Point of reform schools

    Steve (2025) – the Boiling Point of reform schools

    Juliette Howard

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    September 24, 2025

    “Very, very tired”, Steve breathes when he is asked to describe himself in three words by a television…

  • The Roses (2025) – Colman and Cumberbatch battle it out in domestic that feels too serious for comedy

    The Roses (2025) – Colman and Cumberbatch battle it out in domestic that feels too serious for comedy

    Juliette Howard

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    September 21, 2025

    Jay Roach directs this satirical black comedy adaptation of the 1981 novel The War of The Roses and…

  • The Cinematic Pendulum – deciding what to watch 2020 vs. 2025

    The Cinematic Pendulum – deciding what to watch 2020 vs. 2025

    Juliette Howard

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    September 19, 2025

    In 2020, in the middle of lockdown, I published an article about my struggles choosing films – comfort,…


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