Contributor Josh Slater-Williams

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Reviews

Cloud review – all-time bleakest episode of Only Fools and Horses

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest treads similar thematic territory to his prescient 2001 cyberhorror, through the prism of an e-commerce, vengeance-fuelled thriller.

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Cottontail review – Lily Franky gives another stunning performance

Lily Franky stars in this tender tale about a father and son travelling from Tokyo to the Lake District to scatter his late wife's ashes.

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The Colours Within review – hits with the power of a dodgeball

Anime director Naoko Yamada returns with a wonderful coming-of-ager set in a Catholic girls' boarding school.

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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies review – a Thai charmer

This winning comedy about a grandson whose empathy is driven by a sizeable inheritance is obvious grist for the US remake mill.

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Rumours review – laughing while crying inside

Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin's political satire pits world leaders against an unlikely climate event.

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Only the River Flows review – a spellbinding nightmare

A detective is haunted by a murder case he can't crack in Wei Shujun's unsettling crime drama.

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Sleep review – Jason Yu has the juice

A newlywed couple are haunted by sleepless nights in Jason Yu’s confident, darkly humorous debut feature.

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The Nature of Love review – cinematic and exuberant

A university professor's life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a construction worker in Monia Chokri's understated romantic comedy.

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Klokkenluider review – a strong tonal balancing act

Actor Neil Maskell makes his debut as a filmmaker with this spiky thriller.

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Small, Slow but Steady

A young hearing impaired boxer finds her hopes of going pro under threat due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Shô Miyake's loose adaptation of Keiko Ogasawara's autobiography.

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Harka

A young man in Tunisia steps up to care for his younger sisters following the death of their father in Lotfy Nathan's electrifying drama.

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Godland

A Danish priest mounts an escapade to Iceland with a camera in hand and a dream of building a church in Hlynur Pálmason’s darkly comic epic.

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