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November 11, 2026
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Luke Dyer
The Insect Woman (1963) – Imamura’s entomological etching resonates in contemporary Japan
November 11, 2026
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Samuel Winner
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint (2026) – a charming yet messy treat
November 8, 2026
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David T. Francis
Ramayana: Rise of a Legend (2026) – Bollywood’s ambitious adaptation is impressive but underdeveloped
November 8, 2026
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Faisal Shaker
Godzilla: Minus Zero (2026) – Japan’s divine protector returns
November 8, 2026
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Juliette Howard
LFF 2026: I Play Rocky – this biopic has as much heart as Sly’s original
November 8, 2026
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Barnaby Whitehouse
Reflections on The Handmaiden, ten years on
November 5, 2026
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Mariana Lema
You Can See Everything. Unless You’re in the UK.
November 5, 2026
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Barnaby Whitehouse
Reflections on Donnie Darko, twenty five years on
November 3, 2026
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Juliette Howard
LFF 2026: L’espèce explosive (Too Many Beasts) – leading duo need their own spin-off series
November 3, 2026
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David T. Francis
SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (2026) – late night Saturday after Saturday Night Live
November 3, 2026
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Carla Pantilie
BIFF: La Gradiva (2026) – a generational portrait of teenage anxiety
November 3, 2026
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Mariana Lema
Noi, un po’ meglio (You, Me, Us) (2026) – a harmless Netflix original for the masses
November 3, 2026
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Joanna Pinto
Wicker (2026) – an expertly woven tale on the stringent moral obligations that mankind places upon itself
November 3, 2026
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Joanna Pinto
Carrie (2026): Carrie ain’t in 1976 anymore… the 2020s might even be worse
November 1, 2026
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Juliette Howard
LFF 2026: Klara and the Sun – against all odds, this is my favourite Taika Waititi film
November 1, 2026
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David T. Francis
Crawlers (2026) – apartment arachnid horror has you rooting for the spiders
November 1, 2026
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Luke Dyer
Animol (2026) – Ashley Walters packs a promising punch in topical feature debut
October 30, 2026
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Juliette Howard
We asked our writers what their favourite scary movie was – this is what they said
October 29, 2026
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Juliette Howard
LFF 2026: Being Heumann – Sian Heder balances fact with humour in this celebratory biopic of the Mother of the Disability Rights Movement
October 29, 2026
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Juliette Howard
LFF 2026: Succederà questa notte (It Will Happen Tonight) – Louis Garrel is electric in this moving yet simplistic drama-romance
October 28, 2026
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Carla Pantilie
BIFF: Coward (2026) – like putting a band-aid on an open wound
October 27, 2026
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David T. Francis
Clayface (2026) – DC puts on a melting face in grim but uneven body horror
October 27, 2026
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Callum Pardoe
Possible Love (2026) – Lee Chang-dong returns with a slow-burn deep-dive into the complexities of the neoliberal monster machine
October 26, 2026
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Barnaby Whitehouse
Reflections on From Dusk Till Dawn, thirty years on
October 26, 2026
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Barnaby Whitehouse
Reflections on Pan’s Labyrinth, twenty years on
October 26, 2026
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David T. Francis
Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House (2026) – a pleasant addendum to a joyful series
October 26, 2026
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David T. Francis
418 (2026) – visually stylish mystery chiller lacks identity, or a proper payoff
October 25, 2026
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Juliette Howard
LFF 2026: 15/18 (A Place to Heal) – Cédric Kahn’s documentary-esque psychiatry ward tale is latest in line of excellent French social dramas
October 25, 2026
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Juliette Howard
LFF 2026: El Deshielo (The Meltdown) – newcomer Maya O’Rourke is a sensation in confused ski drama
October 25, 2026
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Joanna Pinto
Extra Geography (2026) – a necessary lesson that friendship ain’t always like the movies… and that that’s okay
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