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‘The Woman’ review: South Korean filmmaker Hwang Wook delivers ponderous psychological thriller
Follow up to director’s Fantasia 2024 prizewinner ’Mash Ville’ is overstuffed murder mystery
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‘Hellcat’ review: Claustrophobic US horror sees woman trapped in Airstream trailer
Editor-turned-director Brock Bodell’s debut features a compelling performance from Dakota Gorman
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‘I Live Here Now’ review: Julie Pacino’s vividly realised debut plays out in remote California motel
The director’s highly sylised feature blends elements of Argento, Lynch and ‘Alice In Wonderland’
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‘Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy’ review: Ahn Hyo-seop heads adaptation of South Korean web comic sensation
Kim Byung-woo’s uneven creature feature also stars K-pop singers Nana and Jisoo
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‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ review: Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby head underwhelming Marvel superhero reboot
Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn also star for director Matt Shakman
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‘The Well’ review: Muted Canadian eco-thriller finds humanity on the brink of collapse
Oscar-nominated documentarian Hubert Davis makes the move into fiction with this sombre drama
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‘Terrestrial’ review: A Hollywood success story hides a secret in dark US comedy
Latest from ’Hot Tub Time Machine’ director Steve Pink premieres at Fantasia
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‘Cielo’ review: A young girl embarks on a quest across Bolivia in this uncertain fable
Alberto Sciamma’s visually inventive feature comes to Fantasia after multiple wins at Fantasporto
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‘Adult Children’ review: Galway prizewinner is smart, breezy US coming-of-age drama
Film Fleadh’s best international independent feature is reminiscent of the work of Lynn Shelton
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‘Friendship’ review: Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd go head-to-head in bromance gone sour
Cringe comedy is first major feature role for Robinson, creator and star of Netflix series ‘I Think You Should Leave’
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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ review: Uninspiring sequel to ’90s slasher lacks a killer hook
Original stars Freddie Prinze Jr and Jennifer Love Hewitt return for another round of murder
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‘Fuck The Polis’ review: FIDMarseille winner is a personal, lyrical portrait of modern Greece
Rita Azevedo Gomes’s documentary won the festival’s international competition grand prix
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’Better Go Mad In The Wild’: Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner follows Czech twins living off-grid
Miro Remo’s documentary pays tribute to idosyncratic brothers Frantisek and Ondrej Klisik
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‘Horseshoe’ review: Four estranged siblings confront their dead father in crowdpleasing Irish debut
Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe’s well-balanced debut premieres in Galway
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’Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man’ review: Absorbing portrait of the controversial Irish politician
Trisha Ziff’s documentary blends extensive interviews with a wealth of archive footage
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‘Girls & Boys’ review: A Dublin meet-cute takes a darker turn in promising Irish debut
Writer/director Donncha Gilmore explores the attraction between two very different Trinity College students
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‘The Negotiator’ review: Portrait of US senator George J Mitchell, Good Friday Agreement architect
Affectionate, limited documentary is directed by ‘Kneecap’ producer Trevor Birney
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‘Don’t Call Me Mama’ review: Complex Norwegian debut follows an ill-fated small town affair
A wealthy socialite seduces a teenage asylum seeker in elegantly uncomfortable Karlovy Vary competition title
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‘Bidad’ review: A female singer fights to be heard in potent Tehran-set drama
Iranian filmmaker Soheil Beiraghi’s fourth feature premieres in Karlovy Vary competition
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‘Baite’ review: Conventional murder mystery unfolds in 1970s Ireland
Moe Dunford stars in Ruan Magan’s adaptation of Sheena Lambert novel