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Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.

A young woman in a red bathing suit sits in an inflatable raft in a pool in this still from Pleasure. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 10, 2021

Sundance Review: Navigating consent in Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure

Ninja Thyberg’s LA porn drama Pleasure is an authentic, scathing look at an industry with little regard for boundaries or consent.

A still of a man and a woman looking at each other in Together Together, directed by Nikole Beckwith. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 9, 2021

Sundance Review: Together Together feels both fresh and familiar

Nikole Beckwith’s surrogacy drama, Together Together, starring Patti Harrison and Ed Helms, is sweetly subversive if a little thin.

A still from Try Harder, of a group of students taking an exam. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / January 30, 2021

Sundance Review: San Francisco students stress over college applications in Try Harder!

Debbie Lum’s documentary Try Harder! follows students at Lowell, a high-achieving SF high school with a predominantly Asian student body.

A still from Acasă, My Home.

Lindsay Pugh / January 30, 2021

Acasă, My Home raises tough questions and avoids trite answers

Radu Ciorniciuc’s documentary Acasă, My Home follows the Enache family, whose patriarch has decided to live outside conventional society.

A closeup of Shabab Hosseini in The Night, looking horrified. The still features text which reads, 'Review'.

B. P. Flanagan / January 26, 2021

The Night Review: A low-budget chiller starring Shahab Hosseini

Kourosh Ahari’s The Night, a rare American-Iranian co-production, is a disappointedly cliched horror offering.

Four stills from LSFF 2021 films: Dafa Meti, The Shift, The Long Goodbye, and Mandem. The text on the image reads, 'London Short Film Festival 2021.'

Milly Gribben / January 20, 2021

Highlights of the London Short Film Festival 2021, from The Long Goodbye to Filipiñana

Milly Gribben provides a run down of the best short films to catch at the London Short Film Festival (LSFF) 2021.

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