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  • Earwig (2021)
    Review preview for Earwig

    Earwig invites you to listen, to put out feelers, to scurry.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century. Albert is employed to look after Mia, a girl with teeth of ice. Mia never leaves their apartment, where the shutters are always closed. The telephone rings regularly and the Master enquires after Mia’s wellbeing. Until the day Albert is instructed that he must prepare the child to leave...
  • Evolution (2015)
    Review preview for Evolution

    This is a film of two halves, the first - and best - has the cold creeping dread of icy sea water slowly soaking into your swimming costume.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    On a remote island inhabited solely by women and young boys, Nicolas and the other boys are subjected to mysterious and sinister medical treatments.
  • The Ice Tower (2025)
    Review preview for The Ice Tower

    Cotillard is at her very best as a character we see only from the sidelines – earthy and opinionated in flashes, yet frozen by her art.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart ... The 1970s. Jeanne, a young runaway, falls under the spell of Cristina, the enigmatic star of The Snow Queen, a film which is being shot in the studio where Jeanne has taken refuge.
  • Innocence (2004)
    Review preview for Innocence

    A dark, dreamlike fantasy.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Kafkaesque fantasy about a girls' boarding school.

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