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The End of Oak Street

The many references to Spielberg in David Robert Mitchell’s latest serve only as a reminder that Spielberg would more delicately handle the disparate tones of this dysfunctional-family-versus-dinosaurs saga.


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Coyote vs. Acme

This nearly-shelved Looney Tunes feature keeps the visual and verbal gags rapid-fire while also hitting its marks as a character-based legal thriller. With giant wooden mallets.

Amman 2026

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Do You Love Me

Filmmaker Lana Daher filmically mimics the chaos, confusion and complexity of her native Beirut’s recent history in a whirlwind of archival montage that is at once stunning and indecipherable.

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32B

A widower becomes aware of his daughter becoming a woman in 32B, Mohamed Tamer's awkward but touching Cairo-set comedy.

Golden Apricot 2026

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A Fire There

Doc-maker Marlene Edoyan brings a sensitive and poetic, observational eye to Armenian dreams of past and future on the Georgian border.

Cine Verdict

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Amarga navidad

El icónico veterano español  del cine Pedro Almodóvar ofrece más dolor que gloria en Amarga Navidad, un drama semi-autobiográfico y autocrítico  -aunque  de forma suave y delicada- en la etapa tardía de su carrera.

Bifan 2026

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Knock

Winning four big prizes at BIFAN, Jeong Beom’s ‘Knock’ thrives on a powerful premise and thumping performances, but spirals towards stylistic incoherence at the end.