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  • The Fits (2015)
    Review preview for The Fits

    The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Portrait of a tomboy assimilating into a tight-knit dance troupe.
  • God's Creatures (2022)
    Review preview for God's Creatures

    There’s a sense that everyone is struggling to breathe under pressures which nobody is willing to address directly.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips their family and close-knit community apart.

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