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Manodrome

Manodrome is an often dark, dreary and brutal rendition of toxic masculinity

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Leave the World Behind

Leave the World Behind is a desperate and tedious examination of the Hollywood ego

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Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins shows absolutely no visual cinematic or thematic appeal in any frame shown on screen

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Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance

Vengeance does not disappoint in being entertaining or thrilling

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Saltburn

Nothing in Saltburn is remotely daring, new or compelling

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Reality

Reality could not have come at a better time for actress Sydney Sweeney

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Sly

Sly is a documentary that is sanitised above and beyond

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Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines never leaves anything for the audience to think or feel on their own

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TIFF 2023: How to Have Sex

The layers, restraint, emotional depth and ultimately execution of this venture is exemplary to a degree that it’s almost astonishing to note

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Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle is left to fight one hell of an isolated and lonely uphill battle

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San Sebastian 2023: Gamma Rays

Gamma Rays is a feature that doesn’t shy away from severity and seriousness

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TIFF 2023: The Settlers ‘Los Colons’

Los Colons is the atypical feature from a film festival

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Venice 2023: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

A surprisingly soulful outing that twists the conventional tale and lore of its subject with authentic and ironic human endeavours

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Venice 2023: Vivants

It is quite hard to tell what Vivants is and wants to say

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Venice 2023: God is a Woman (Dieu est une femme)

God is a Woman is genuinely breathtaking to witness

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TIFF 2023: Spirit of Ecstasy (La Vénus d'argent)

Spirit of Ecstasy is quintessentially French angst

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Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo is conventional, predictable and competent without any real risks found

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FANTASIA 2023: Sympathy for the Devil

Sympathy for the Devil sets the viewer up for what essentially – much like the character contextually – is a wild ride

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Arnold

Arnold feels far more balanced than other vanity projects

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Cannes 2023: Légua

Légua is, no doubt, poetic and poignant in its showcasing of circumstances