Mission: Impossible 8 – the return of the sexless show-off
The Final Reckoning exists only to serve the ego of cinema’s supposedly great daredevil, Tom Cruise.
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The complicity of Leni Riefenstahl
The late film-maker insisted she was only an observer of the Nazi regime. A new documentary suggests otherwise.
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Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope is an exercise in the male gaze
The Italian director’s latest film is all beauty and no sense.
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The cinema of abortion
On-screen portraits of abortionists are rare. April, which follows a doctor in rural Georgia, is starkly honest – and beautiful.
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The Return examines Odysseus’s last act
Ralph Fiennes plays the hero as a warrior shamed by his deeds and suffering from PTSD.
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Sebastian is a refreshingly authentic exploration of sex work
This film by Mikko Mäkelä makes the likes of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Anora seem artificial.
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Joshua Oppenheimer’s surreal apocalyptic musical The End
This strange film, starring Tilda Swinton, satirises our collective delusion in the face of the climate crisis.
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Snow White in the age of inoffence
Disney’s live-action remake of its 1937 animation updates the material for modern audiences – and falls flat.
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