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Nikki Baughan
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Reviews‘Black Phone 2’ review: Ethan Hawke returns in Scott Derrickson’s rote horror sequel
Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw are also back to fight The Grabber in Universal chiller
Reviews‘The Son And The Sea’ review: A journey of self-discovery leads to Scottish coast in impressive debut
A troubled young man leaves London in search of fresh ideas in the first feature from Stroma Cairns
Reviews‘Love + War’ review: Portrait of US war photographer Lynsey Addario from ‘Free Solo’ filmmakers
Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s insightful documentary focuses on the balance between ambition and responsibility
Reviews‘At The Place Of Ghosts’ review: Indigenous brothers take a dark path in moody Canadian chiller
Bretten Hannam’s psychological thriller is set within Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaw community
Reviews‘Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story’ review: Colourful portrait of US creative activist
Yemi Bamiro’s London Competition title about photographer Kwame Brathwaite features a wealth of archive footage
Reviews‘Hen’ review: Greek life seen from the perspective of a plucky chicken makes for a compelling drama
Hungarian director György Pálfi’s emotive film takes the point of view of a hen escaping an industrial farm to reflect on humanity
Reviews‘Good Boy’ review: Dog’s eye-view haunted house horror has plenty of bite
US filmmaker Ben Leonberg’s impressive debut is told from the point of view of its canine protagonist
Reviews‘The Fence’ review: Isaach de Bankolé roots Claire Denis’ atmospheric West Africa thriller
Matt Dillon and Mia McKenna-Bruce also star in this uneven adaptation of the 1979 play ‘Black Battles With Dogs’
Reviews‘Franz’ review: Agnieszka Holland’s creative portrait of Czech writer Franz Kafka
Holland takes an unconventional approach to the biopic, which hits familiar narrative beats
Reviews‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ review: Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie head schmaltzy romcom
Two troubled souls take a road trip to the past in director Kogonada’s follow-up to ’Columbus’ and ‘After Yang’
Reviews‘To The Victory!’ review: Toronto’s Platform winner blends fact and fiction in a near-future Ukraine
Writer/director Valentyn Vasyanovych takes the central role of a filmmaker desperate to stay in his homeland
Reviews‘Blue Heron’ review: Contemplative Canadian debut sees a filmmaker confront her difficult past
Sophy Romvari’s accomplished first feature dramatises her own childhood experiences
Reviews‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ review: Mockumentary sequel proves gentle swansong for fictional rockers
Director Rob Reiner reunites with stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer for follow-up to 1984 classic
Reviews‘The Long Walk’ review: Powerful Stephen King adaptation journeys through bleak dystopian America
Francis Lawrence directs uncompromising survival horror starring David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman and Charlie Plummer
Reviews‘I Swear’ review: Robert Aramayo is exceptional as real-life Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson
Kirk Jones directs this stirring biopic of Davidson, previously the subject of documentaries including ‘John’s Not Mad’
Reviews‘Good Boy’ review: Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough anchor off-kilter morality tale
The pair play a married couple determined to rehabilitate a wayward boy in Jan Komasa’s intriguing Toronto premiere
Reviews‘Steve’ review: Cillian Murphy impresses at the heart of Netflix’s Max Porter adaptation
The actor reteams with ‘Small Things Like These’ director Tim Mielants for propulsive Toronto premiere
Reviews‘My Father And Qaddafi’ review: Libyan filmmaker Jihan explores the 1993 abduction of her politician father
Moving documentary looks at what happened to Mansur Rashid Kikhia, an opponent of Colonel Qaddafi’s brutal regime
Reviews‘Silent Rebellion’ review: A young woman learns to find her voice in 1940s rural Switzerland
Lila Gueneau stars in Marie-Elsa Sgualdo’s accomplished debut which plays out in the aftermath of rape
Reviews‘Dead Man’s Wire’ review: Bill Skarsgard impresses in Gus Van Sant’s real-life crime caper
The director’s Venice title dramatises the 1977 kidnapping of a mortgage broker by disgruntled landowner Tony Kiritsis