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‘Love On Trial’ review: Koji Fukada’s drama reveals the dark side of the J-pop phenomenon
Dir: Koji Fukada. Japan. 2025. 124mins
When it’s found {that a} younger Japanese singer has a boyfriend, thus breaking the ‘no love’ clause in her...
‘Resurrection’ review: Jackson Yee stars in Bi Gan’s sprawling cinematic vision
Dir: Bi Gan. China/France. 2025. 155mins
Bi Gan’s Resurrection reframes the historical past of cinema as a type of twentieth-century monster story that pans out over...
‘Young Mothers’ review: Five teenage mothers form the nucleus of the Dardenne brothers’ latest
Dir/scr: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne France. 2025. 105mins
In a residential shelter for younger moms in Liege, Belgium, 5 women grapple with the challenges of parenting a new...
‘The Mastermind’ review: Kelly Reichardt’s sombre slice of 1970s Americana stars Josh O’Connor
Dir/scr: Kelly Reichardt US. 2025. 110mins
Kelly Reichardt typically tackles genres from indirect angles, subverting their most recognisable tropes to make one thing private and...
‘13 Days 13 Nights’ review: Roschdy Zem stars in real-life Kabul extraction thriller
Dir: Martin Bourboulon. 2025. France. 111mins.
French director Martin Bourboulon follows up his pair of 2023 Three Musketeers movies with 13 Days 13 Nights, a tense...
‘Honey Don’t’ review: Margaret Qualley plays a PI in Ethan Coen’s slight California comedy
Dir: Ethan Coen. US/UK. 2025. 90mins
The saving grace of director Ethan Coen’s uneven however charming noir-comedy is its title character. As sensible, tough-talking personal...
‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ review: Un Certain Regard winner is set in 1980s Chile
Dir/scr: Diego Cespedes. Chile/France/Germany/Spain/Belgium. 2025. 110 minutes
Love is a continuing saving grace in The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo. Diego Cespedes’s placing debut function...
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ review: Franchise re-boot fails to land a punch
Dir: Jonathan Entwistle. US. 2025. 94mins
Trying to revive a franchise whose final big-screen instalment was 15 years in the past, Karate Child: Legends echoes...
‘Ballerina’ review: Ana de Armas shoots to kill in underwhelming John Wick spinoff
Dir: Len Wiseman. US. 2025. 124mins
Early in Ballerina, Ana de Armas’ budding murderer is complimented on her singular killer intuition. Anybody who watches this...
‘Death Does Not Exist’ review: Animation follows young activists into battle
Dir/scr: Felix Dufour-Laperrier. Canada/France. 2025. 72mins
The strain between social duty and private preservation takes centre stage on this Canadian French animation, whose expressive hand-drawn...