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Film of the Week: 'Marty Supreme' - Dream big, stress big

Timothée Chalamet's star turn as a wannabe table tennis champion serves rollicking anxiety and a dynamic deconstruction of the American Dream.

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Film of the Week: 'No Other Choice' - Unemployment turns deadly

South Korean director Park Chan-wook's adaptation of Donald Westlake’s novel "The Ax" is an exhilarating jet-black comedy which masterfully skewers the horrors the capitalism. It's a flat-out masterpiece.

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Film of the Week: 'Father Mother Sister Brother' - Family matters

Jim Jarmusch's Golden Lion winner sees the director return to the anthology film format to better grapple with strained family relationships and explore the unknowability of those we think are closest to us.

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Film of the Week: 'Avatar: Fire And Ash' - An epic but tiresome rehash

Once again, the visual mastery of the Avatar franchise is undermined by an afterthought of a screenplay that this time boils down to: “Let’s fecklessly rehash the previous film but instead of focusing on water, let’s give fire some screen time. Oh, and a sky beam. Let's add a sky beam.”

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Film of the Week: 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery'

It's three for three in Rian Johnson's whodunit series, with Daniel Craig returning as gentleman sleuth Benoit Blanc for a gothic mystery full of dark humour, topical jabs, and a commanding performance from Josh O’Connor.

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Film of the Week: 'O último azul' ('The Blue Trail')

Brazil's cinematic output has given audiences some of this year's very best, including 'I'm Still Here' and 'The Secret Agent'. But it all started with Gabriel Mascaro's 'The Blue Trail', which won this year's Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize in Berlin...

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Film of the Week: 'Love Letters' - A portrait of queer motherhood

Alice Douard's first feature film is a funny, necessary and heartwarming story of both romantic and maternal love.

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Film of the Week: 'The Thing With Feathers' - Grief with clipped wings

Despite a committed central performance by Benedict Cumberbatch, 'The Thing With Feathers' doesn’t do justice to Max Porter's powerful novella.

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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'The Running Man'

Edgar Wright's take on Stephen King's 'The Running Man' is frenetic, fun action that lovingly nods to genre tropes - but exhausts itself with muddled tone.

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Film of the Week: 'Bugonia' - Is Emma Stone an alien?

An absurd, bleakly funny and freakishly timely tale that will delight Lánthimos fans and make you look at CEOs in a very different light. Warning: Flat-Earthers may feel vindicated.

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Film of the Week: 'Hedda’ - A dazzling tale of freedom and power

Nia DaCosta's 'Hedda', out on Prime Video, is a modern and audacious retelling of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play, about a disillusioned woman's quest for social and financial advancement.

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Film of the Week: 'A House of Dynamite' - A nuclear thriller misfire

Out on Netflix today, Kathryn Bigelow's first film since 2017's 'Detroit' sees the Oscar winner tackle the prospect of nuclear annihilation. With mixed results.

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Film of the Week: ‘Frankenstein’ – Guillermo del Toro's consecration?

Obsession leading to cruelty was Victor Frankenstein’s undoing. But can obsession leading to artistry be Guillermo del Toro’s triumph?

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Film of the Week: 'Tron: Ares' - AI-ay-ay

The light show looks good and the Nine Inch Nails score sounds great. That's all the positives we've got for 'Tron: Ares'.

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Film of the Week: 'It Was Just An Accident' - Palme d'Or, Oscar next?

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's first film since being released from prison for “endangering national security” won this year's Palme d'Or. It's a tonally rich masterwork that will represent France at next year's Academy Awards. Euronews Culture crossing its fingers for an Oscar win.

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Film of the Week: ‘One Battle After Another’ - Viva PTA's Revolución!

Four years after ‘Licorice Pizza’, celebrated American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson returns to the big screen with his tenth feature, ‘One Battle After Another’. And it’s an absolute blast. With plenty of actual blasts.

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Film of the Week: 'La Tour de Glace' ('The Ice Tower')

Marion Cotillard stars in French director Lucile Hadžihalolović's fourth feature, a glacially paced adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen”. Prepare to be entranced. And maybe a wee bit frustrated.

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Film of the Week: 'Sirāt' - A bleak and invigorating trip to oblivion

A family’s quest to find a loved one morphs into a strange and spiritual odyssey that will leave you enraptured and rattled.

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Film of the Week: 'Sentimental Value' - Healing burns through art

Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve reunite after 'The Worst Person in the World' to explore dysfunctional family dynamics. Once again, it’s a winning combination.

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Film of the Week: 'Sorry, Baby' - A masterful exploration of trauma

The story of a young academic attempting to heal in the aftermath of sexual assault, 'Sorry, Baby' is one of the most relatable depictions of trauma we've seen on-screen yet.