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  • Equals (2015)
    Review preview for Equals

    A ragbag of cliches that owe a debt to everything from Romeo and Juliet to THX 1138.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated but where a genetic glitch means some people can still fall in love.
  • Knife Point (2008)
    Review preview for Knife Point

    Mirabella-Davis lets his film unwind slowly. Tension hangs heavy as the humidity in the air.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    An evangelical family offers a traveling knife salesman a ride on their way through upstate New York.
  • Listen Up Philip (2014)
    Review preview for Listen Up Philip

    The moments of distinctly sub-Woody Allenesque humour make you dream of what might have been.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    An angry writer and his relationships.
  • Lost Holiday (2019)
    Review preview for Lost Holiday

    What's missing here is any real sense of stylistic conviction.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Two bored twenty-somethings decide to investigate the disappearance of a wealthy socialite.
  • Queen Of Earth (2015)
    Review preview for Queen Of Earth

    A psychologically astute and darkly funny look at the deep bonds of female friendship and the damage that can be wrought by those closest to you.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4.5 out of 5
    Following her father's suicide and breaking up with her boyfriend, Catherine seeks refuge with her friend Virginia, but the young woman's shaky grasp on reality strains their relationship to breaking point.
  • The Seeding (2023)
    Review preview for The Seeding

    It’s the sort of story rarely told in cinema today, and one which seems destined to attract a cult following.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame.
  • She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
    Review preview for She Dies Tomorrow

    Beautifully observed conversations explore the trivial ways in which people opt to waste their lives, but without condemnation.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Amy thinks she's dying tomorrow...and it's contagious.
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
    Review preview for Somebody Up There Likes Me

    A fast, furious and occasionally hilarious angster comedy.

    Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
    Dark comedy tracks happy-go-lucky slacker Max across three decades.
  • Sun Don't Shine (2012)
    Review preview for Sun Don't Shine

    Sheil is mesmerising.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Tension between two lovers escalates as one of them seems to be losing her mind.
  • The Unspeakable Act (2012)
    Review preview for The Unspeakable Act

    Sallitt brings an unusually stringent intellectual level to proceedings that marks his film out from the largely immature field of its peers.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Adolescent anxiety inspires a "love that dare not speak its name" in Dan Sallitt's frank and patient family drama.
  • V/H/S (2012)
    Review preview for V/H/S

    The movie hits some nasty sweet spots but also falls foul of numerous genre cliches, both old and new.

    Neil Mitchell · 2.5 out of 5
    A horror anthology based around the theft of an old video tape.
  • Young Bodies Heal Quickly (2014)
    Review preview for Young Bodies Heal Quickly

    The film, shot on 16mm by Sean Williams, gives the film a retro out-of-time feel and Betzer gives us room to think, the spartan scripting matched by a minimalistic approach to the music.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two boys go on the run after committing a crime.

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