Saturday Night review – unappealing nepo baby triumphalism
Jason Reitman pans back to 1975 and Lorne Michaels' ambitious plans for a live broadcast sketch show in his fanfiction retelling of SNL's inception.
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Hard Truths review – incredible in small, measured strokes
Reuniting with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Leigh makes a welcome return to contemporary filmmaking with a searing portrait of a woman on the brink.
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We Live in Time review – every generation gets the cancer romance it deserves
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star as a couple whose life is disrupted by a devastating cancer diagnosis in John Crowley's romantic weepie.
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Eden – first-look review
Ron Howard tries his hand at the camp historical caper in this ironically-titled and decidedly lightweight 1930s-set runaround with Jude Law and Vanessa Kirby.
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The Last Showgirl – first-look review
Pamela Anderson excels as an over-the-hill Vegas showgirl seeing out her notice period in this low-key, vibey backstage drama from Gia Coppola.
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Hard Truths – first-look review
Reuniting with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Leigh makes a welcome return to contemporary filmmaking with a searing portrait of a woman on the brink.
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We Live in Time – first-look review
John Crowley delivers a millennial cancer weepie with two game leads in Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig – first-look review
An Iranian judge appointed to Tehran's Revolutionary Court grapples with dissent both at work and at home in Mohammad Rasoulof’s politically charged thriller.
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Parthenope – first-look review
Paolo Sorrentino, Italy's lustiest working filmmaker, spins a tedious yarn about one woman's otherworldly beauty.
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The Apprentice – first-look review
Ali Abbasi's attempted takedown of America's previous (and perhaps next) President of the United States, charting his early years under the mentorship of Roy Cohn, lacks the killer instinct.
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