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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2026

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2026

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6 films · 6 reviews

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The Bride!

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For all its quality, and there's plenty, it doesn't quite feel a thing complete. Its characters are disobedient, but their film is in part disordered.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.

(Country: US, France; Year: 2026; Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal; Writer: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Shelley; Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Magaro, Matthew Maher, Jeannie Berlin)

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Certified Copy (Copie Conforme)

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It's a shame that this intriguing idea hasn't developed into the gem of a film it should have been.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
When an art historian persuades a writer to accompany her on a drive through rural Tuscany, a strange game develops.

(Country: France, Italy, Iran; Year: 2010; Director: Abbas Kiarostami; Writer: Abbas Kiarostami; Stars: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Gianna Giachetti, Adrian Moore) , Trailer

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The Double

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I wished for Billy Wilder's spirit from The Apartment to take over the tone just a little bit.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
Jesse Eisenberg finds his world turned upside down by the arrival of a confident and ambitious doppelganger.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Richard Ayoade; Writer: Richard Ayoade, Avi Korine; Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Rade Serbedzija, Cathy Moriarty, Gemma Chan, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Yasmin Paige, Nathalie Cox, Phyllis Somerville, Tony Rohr, Joanna Finata, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jon Korkes) , Official site , Trailer

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The Graduate

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It feels as fresh today as it did then.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
Classic Sixties Californian satire on the sexual initiation of a shy 21-year-old virgin.

(Country: US; Year: 1967; Director: Mike Nichols; Writer: Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, based on the novel by Charles Webb; Stars: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson, Norman Fell, Buck Henry)

Full review See: Dustin Hoffman still working out life's mysteries as he receives Crystal Globe

Mean Streets

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A powerful experience, brimming with raw talent.

Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
Trouble brews for a smalltime hood in Little Italy.

(Country: US; Year: 1973; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin; Stars: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova, Victor Argo, George Memmoli, Lenny Scaletta, Jeannie Bell)

Full review See: Harvey Keitel on Sorrentino, Campion and Scorsese , Martin Scorsese talks at BAFTA life in pictures event

The Order

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The Order might not be too original, both in the plot and the character department, but it is very effective, functional movie fun.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 4 out of 5
An FBI agent comes to believe a series of violent crimes are the work of domestic terrorists.

(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Justin Kurzel; Writer: Zach Baylin, based on the book by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt; Stars: Marc Maron, George Tchortov, Daniel Yip, Daniel Doheny, Sebastian Pigott, Jude Law, John Warkentin, Nicholas Hoult, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Vanessa Holmes, Bryan J McHale, Rae Farrer, Carter Morrison, Odessa Young, Tye Sheridan)

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