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Total Film
January 2023
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KUMAIL NANJI ANI
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60 SECOND SCREENPLAY
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LIFE ON FILM
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BABY TALK
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TRUE CRIME
SAINT OMER Alice Diop’s stunning drama tackles motherhood’s greatest taboo…
ASSASSIN’S NEED
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Jessica Brown Findlay
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HIDDEN LIFE
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SEX EDUCATION
FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE Jesse Eisenberg speed-shags his way across New York.
SOUND BYTES
The month in dialogue and digits.
NEXT BIG THING
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COMING HOME
NOSTALGIA A richly rewarding return to one of Naples’ poorest districts…
SHORT CUTS
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COOL CAT
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KISS AND MAKE UP
SHE IS LOVE Haley Bennett and Sam Riley make it up as they go along in Jamie Adams’ latest.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT?
THE EXTINCTION OF MOVIE STARS
GORDON’S ALIVE
NOLLY Helena Bonham Carter and Russell T. Davies resurrect a neglected legend of British TV.
LEAP OF FAITH
CREATURE Asif Kapadia takes a break from documentaries to bring us a dance film with a difference.
IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST
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From craggy PIs to slick super-sleuths to tenacious journos, the movie detective is a genre-defining figure almost as old as cinema. Join us, then, as we celebrate those who variously use their brains, brawn and/or bravado to crack crimes, right wrongs and dole out justice, one clue at a time.
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HOLY SPIDER 18
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THE HARBINGER 15
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