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  • Cannes Film Festival: Butterfly Jam (2026) – coming of age drama about the Circassian diaspora is too surface level to ring true

    Cannes Film Festival: Butterfly Jam (2026) – coming of age drama about the Circassian diaspora is too surface level to ring true

    Juliette Howard

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    May 28, 2026

    Barry Keoghan and Harry Melling star in this strange drama from Kantemir Balagov in his English-language debut, following…

  • Cannes Film Festival: Atonement (2026) – emotional war drama based on real events abides by the rules despite its strengths

    Cannes Film Festival: Atonement (2026) – emotional war drama based on real events abides by the rules despite its strengths

    Juliette Howard

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    May 28, 2026

    Following his Academy Award nominated live action short DeKalb Elementary, Reed Van Dyk directs his first feature Atonement,…

  • Cannes Film Festival: Gentle Monster (2026) – Léa Seydoux is a standout in Marie Kreutzer’s tense if dissonant drama

    Cannes Film Festival: Gentle Monster (2026) – Léa Seydoux is a standout in Marie Kreutzer’s tense if dissonant drama

    Juliette Howard

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    May 28, 2026

    “There is only one thing worse than having children for a female artist”, Catherine Deneuve says in Marie…

  • Cannes Film Festival: La Vie d’une Femme (2026) – Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s second feature is a soft, joyous experience

    Cannes Film Festival: La Vie d’une Femme (2026) – Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s second feature is a soft, joyous experience

    Juliette Howard

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    May 26, 2026

    Léa Drucker is magnetic as a high-flying surgeon in Charline Bourgeois-Tacket’s second feature film La Vie d’une Femme…

  • Cannes Film Festival: Fatherland (2026) – vignette of Thomas and Erika Mann’s Germany road trip falls short

    Cannes Film Festival: Fatherland (2026) – vignette of Thomas and Erika Mann’s Germany road trip falls short

    Juliette Howard

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    May 23, 2026

    Closely following Oscar winner Ida (2013) and nominee Cold War (2018) is Pawel Pawlikowski’s latest drama Fatherland, a…

  • Cannes Film Festival: Amarga Navidad (2026) – Pedro Almodóvar looks inwards in honest take on autofiction

    Cannes Film Festival: Amarga Navidad (2026) – Pedro Almodóvar looks inwards in honest take on autofiction

    Juliette Howard

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    May 23, 2026

    Pedro Almodóvar turns a glaring view on himself and the creative process in his newest film Amarga Navidad…

  • Hokum (2026) – Damian McCarthy’s hotel horror will have you squirming in your seat

    Hokum (2026) – Damian McCarthy’s hotel horror will have you squirming in your seat

    Juliette Howard

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    May 11, 2026

    Adam Scott is strangely magnetic in the dark and twisted horror Hokum, Irish director Damian McCarthy’s latest instalment…

  • The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) – a product of its own critique

    The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) – a product of its own critique

    Juliette Howard

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    May 8, 2026

    It has been twenty years since the team at Runway coined some of the most iconic phrases in…

  • Michael (2026) – Hollywoodian biopic of the greatest entertainer of all time is excellently produced but lacks nuance

    Michael (2026) – Hollywoodian biopic of the greatest entertainer of all time is excellently produced but lacks nuance

    Juliette Howard

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    May 5, 2026

    It’s safe to say that with every new biopic, the entire genre is once again questioned. There is…

  • California Schemin’ (2025) – James McAvoy’s directorial debut about two Scots who conned the music industry is an absolute treat

    California Schemin’ (2025) – James McAvoy’s directorial debut about two Scots who conned the music industry is an absolute treat

    Juliette Howard

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    April 18, 2026

    Here is a larger than life film that would feel far-fetched were it not based on a true…

  • The Drama (2026) – the most divisive film of the year?

    The Drama (2026) – the most divisive film of the year?

    Juliette Howard

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    April 7, 2026

    Here we are, only in April, sat before what is doubtlessly the most divisive film of 2026. Last…

  • Scream 7 (2026) – it’s time for this franchise’s fresh start

    Scream 7 (2026) – it’s time for this franchise’s fresh start

    Juliette Howard

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    March 20, 2026

    There is nothing quite like the Scream franchise. Pioneering in every way upon its initial release, its rotating…

  • Send Help (2026) – Sam Raimi’s comeback about a survivalist getting back at her boss just can’t keep afloat

    Send Help (2026) – Sam Raimi’s comeback about a survivalist getting back at her boss just can’t keep afloat

    Juliette Howard

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    March 4, 2026

    Four years after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Sam Raimi returns with the survival bonanza Send…

  • Wuthering Heights (2026) – adaptation turned fanfiction

    Wuthering Heights (2026) – adaptation turned fanfiction

    Juliette Howard

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    February 24, 2026

    Considering the polemical nature of Wuthering Heights, which has been garnering sceptical interest since its first trailer was…

  • If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) – Rose Byrne is exquisite as a stressed mess in Mary Bronstein’s motherhood drama

    If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) – Rose Byrne is exquisite as a stressed mess in Mary Bronstein’s motherhood drama

    Juliette Howard

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    February 22, 2026

    To say that If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is a revelation of Rose Byrne sounds somewhat…


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