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3 out of 5 stars.
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa review – a female Everest climber’s ascent
3 out of 5 stars.Documentary expertly follows the only woman to have climbed the mountain 10 times through spectacular scenery and a traumatic personal life
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2 out of 5 stars.
The Fabulous Four review – starry cast deserves better in silly, simplistic comedy
2 out of 5 stars.Susan Sarandon and Bette Midler lead a group of old friends who reunite in a dispiriting and disappointing waste of older female actors
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3 out of 5 stars.The armoured knights and magic thunderbolts of a child’s play world are threatened by a property developer in this formulaic yet fun family feature
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4 out of 5 stars.Tatiana Huezo’s film about a teenage runaway has the look of a drama, and yet it’s a documentary – one that showcases her distinctive, immersive style
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2 out of 5 stars.There are stabs of the same fear that made The Beast fascinating, but this tale of a bored teenager in a scary, affectless future is too unfocused
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2 out of 5 stars.
Bad Newz review – racy Bollywood romcom breaks new ground with parenting shenanigans
2 out of 5 stars.Love triangle caper about a woman who bears twins by two different fathers gives disappointingly more life to its competing men -
3 out of 5 stars.
Gaza: A Story of Love and War review – compassionate stories from both sides of the divide
3 out of 5 stars.Welsh-Jewish film-maker Mike Joseph records his dialogue with a Palestinian journalist that reaches across an agonising divide -
4 out of 5 stars.
Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning review – intelligent exploration of trans athletes
4 out of 5 stars.Julia Fuhr Mann’s impressive feature eschews the usual point-counterpoint conventions that structure arguments in favour of a more artsy approach -
3 out of 5 stars.Daniela de Felice’s impressionistic, sensuous documentary meditates on the romantic relationships and student activism of her youth in 1990s Italy
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4 out of 5 stars.A stern Georgian ex-teacher on a mission to make amends with her trans niece learns a thing or two in Levan Akin’s rich, rewarding ensemble film
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4 out of 5 stars.Louise Brealey shines as a woman who thinks she’s stuck with a job in a chicken factory and a cheating husband in Janis Pugh’s uplifting debut feature set in north Wales
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2 out of 5 stars.The multi-hyphenate leads a mostly standard issue streaming romantic comedy that struggles to fight its way out from the background
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2 out of 5 stars.
Birdeater review – nightmarish buck’s party in the bush becomes faintly preposterous
2 out of 5 stars.Shabana Azeez and Mackenzie Fearnley are good as the husband and wife to be but this horror film feels indecisive and stretches too long
Deadpool & Wolverine review – Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s sarky gagathon mocks the MCU back to life
3 out of 5 stars.