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The President’s Cake review – polished but…

Few birthday celebrations can ever match the surreal spectacle that the Iraqi state would enforce each year that Saddam Hussein

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Death with Dignity: the documentaries…

“Now that sex is available to us in hardcore porno films, death remains the one last taboo in cinema,” wrote

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How gaming YouTuber Markiplier became an…

Markiplier is far from the only YouTuber to see success lately in theatrical cinema – Talk to Me filmmakers the Philippou Brothers

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The Chronology of Water review – Imogen Poots…

The transformative power of water lies at the heart of American writer Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir, informed by her adolescent dreams

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Mika Imai: ‘There is such an affinity between…

Every year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the programming team makes an effort to champion emerging talent that challenges

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Nouvelle Vague review – there are other, better…

It is ironic that Richard Linklater has chosen to homage a film carved out of spontaneous new techniques with one so

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Return To Silent Hill review – if not entirely…

If anyone was going to try to adapt Silent Hill 2, one of video gaming’s most spectacular artistic achievements, you could

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100 films to look forward to in 2026 – part two

61. Queen at Sea (Lance Hamer) February 2026 (Berlinale Première) Back in 2008, Lance Hamer was a name on everyone’s lips

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Chihiro Amano: ‘It was like I hit a wall in all…

Every year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the programming team makes an effort to champion emerging talent that challenges

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Rental Family review – Brendan Fraser shines in…

Since playing a toothpaste superhero in an advertisement, down-on-his-luck actor Phillip Vanderploeg (Brendan Fraser) has been living in Tokyo for several