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One Battle After Another (2025)

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Paul Thomas Anderson remakes Eddington into something compelling.

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October 23, 2025 3 Comments

Eddington (2025)

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This feels like Ari Aster trying to do a Coen brothers film. And not really succeeding.

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October 22, 2025 Leave a comment

Dracula: A Love Tale (2025)

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This started off like Dracula: Origins, and I thought, well that’s interesting, but it felt like Luc Besson couldn’t help himself by turning it into a spectacle that achieved less than hoped.

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October 21, 2025 1 Comment

DJ Ahmet (2025)

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This is one of those lovely, quirky films about a country you probably don’t know much about that balances humour with some serious themes.

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A Private Life (Vie Privée) (2025)

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There is a lot to love about this stylish French psychological drama which delves into the charms and failings of psychoanalysis and the difficulties when we don’t heed our own advice.

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October 19, 2025 Leave a comment

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (2025)

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This often frustrating but increasingly compelling documentary packs a punch by the end. This was especially resonant after attending a huge rally outside the cinema to protest Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.

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October 18, 2025 Leave a comment

The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) (2025)

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Who is the secret agent? I’m still not sure. 

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Beast of War (2025)

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Beast. Of. War!

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Once Upon a Time in Gaza (2025)

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This is a wry and diverting film within a film story, as if set within our daily newsfeeds.

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October 15, 2025 Leave a comment

Zombucha! (2025)

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I’m not sure that I expected much from this horror comedy, other than a lot of lighthearted laughs.

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October 14, 2025 Leave a comment

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