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Blitz (2024)
What hope there is for a culture under attack from foreign enemies and its own internal prejudices seems meagre in Blitz, yet the bond between a lonely mother and her lost child perseveres, as Steve McQueen tenderly illuminates humanity’s darkest hour with a loving, maternal radiance.
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The Apprentice (2024)
Between Donald Trump’s rising star and his overshadowed mentor Roy Cohn, there is an almost Shakespearean dynamic to the dual character arcs in The Apprentice, transcending mere parody and painting a surprisingly fresh portrait of a culturally dominant, larger-than-life figure.
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All We Imagine as Light (2024)
There is a soothing liberation in the setting of Mumbai’s sun, allowing love to flourish without judgement, yet the creeping loneliness and social pressures which split two female flatmates in All We Imagine as Light also imbues Payal Kapadia’s drama with a tender, dreamy melancholy.
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The Wild Robot (2024)
By turning a shipwrecked service android into the world’s most unlikely mother, The Wild Robot considers parenthood as a conflict of instinct and adaptation in its delicately animated eco-fable, revealing the communal self-growth that such a journey of profound responsibility can nurture.
