All articles by Nikki Baughan – Page 8
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‘Consecration’: Glasgow Review
A Scottish convent is rocked by murder in Christopher Smith’s religious horror starring Jena Malone
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‘Scream VI’: Review
Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega go up against New York Ghostface in this new instalment of the tired horror franchise
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‘Hummingbirds’: Berlin Review
Berlin Generation winner set in a Texas border town is a sparky, authentic documentary about immigrant life in a divided America
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‘Under The Sky Of Damascus’: Berlin Review
The testimonies of Syrian woman inform this hard-hitting documentary from the war-torn city of Damascus
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‘The Teachers’ Lounge’: Berlin Review
Leonie Benesch impresses as a teacher struggling to keep control in this school-set German drama
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‘Manodrome’: Berlin Review
Jesse Eisenberg is on a downward spiral in John Trengove’s unflinching portrait of toxic masculinity
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‘When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before’: Berlin Review
Sonja Heiss’ third feature explores three decades in the life of Joachim Meyerhoff and his psychiatrist father
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‘Sharper’: Review
Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan relish the art of the con in this twisty Apple TV+ thriller
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‘Superposition’: Rotterdam Review
A Danish couple find themselves – literally – while on a rural retreat in Sweden in this confident genre debut
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‘One Last Evening’: Rotterdam Review
Dinner with friends turns nasty in this German debut set against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic
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‘The Starling Girl’: Sundance Review
Eliza Scanlen plays a devout Christian whose faith is tested by her attraction to an older pastor in this Kentucky-set debut
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‘Talk To Me’: Sundance Review
A grief-stricken teen opens the door to the spirit world in this Australian chiller
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‘1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture’: Review
Documentary interrogates the use of the word homosexual in the modern American Bible
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‘The Pale Blue Eye’: Review
Christian Bale leads a cast of grotesques in Scott Cooper’s over-ripe Edgar Allen Poe ‘origin story’ for Netflix
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‘Sr.’: Review
Netflix presents an engaging portait of irreverent filmmaker Robert Downey Sr by his actor son
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‘Cinema Sabaya’: Review
Israel’s Oscar entry sees a group of very different Israeli women unite for a filmmaking course
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‘Mountain Onion’: Red Sea Review
A young boy tries to save his parents’ marriage in this colourful debut from Kazakhstan
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‘The Gravity’: Red Sea Review
The aligning of the planets affects a housing estate turf war in this ambitious French drama
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‘My Name Is Happy’: IDFA Review
British co-production looks at femicide through the story of Turkish survivor Mutlu Kaya
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‘The Lost Souls Of Syria’: IDFA Review
European lawyers seek justice for victims of Syria’s genocide in this hard-hitting documentary