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Twinless Twinless
Twinless and What Marielle Knows
Fwends (Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Sophie Somerville; Writer: Sophie Somerville, Emmanuelle Mattana, Melissa Gan; Stars: Emmanuelle Mattana, Melissa Gan)
Jessie plays tour guide to Em, who is visiting from Sydney. They try to reconnect, despite the years they have spent apart, and as they struggle to distract themselves from their many problems and the uncertainty of their futures.
The Kidnapping Of Arabella (Il rapimento di Arabella) (Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Carolina Cavalli; Writer: Carolina Cavalli; Stars: Benedetta Porcaroli, Lucrezia Guglielmino, Chris Pine, Marco Bonadei, Eva Robins)
A young woman's life is changed when she meets an even younger wannabe runaway.
More Life (Country: UK, Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Bradley Banton; Writer: Bradley Banton; Stars: Tuwaine Barrett, Dipo Ola, Jordan Peters)
A group of old friends reunite to celebrate one of their own opening a gallery show in Copenhagen.
Olmo (Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Fernando Eimbcke; Writer: Fernando Eimbcke, Vanesa Garnica; Stars: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Valentin Mexico, Melanie Frometa, Humberto Castro, Aivan Uttapa, Andrea Suarez Paz, Denielle Fisher Johnson, Rosa Armendariz, Justin Peach, Marc A. Moffett)
When a teenage carer gets invited to a party, he will do anything he can to get out of his duties.
She's The He (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Siobhan McCarthy; Writer: Siobhan McCarthy; Stars: Misha Osherovich, Nico Carney, Suzanne Cryer, Mark Indelicato, Malia Pyles. Tatiana Ringsby)
Just before graduation, Alex and Ethan pretend to be trans to get into the girl's lockers. It's all a joke until Ethan realises that for her, it's true. The two must reckon with their changing friendship and the process of coming out.
Full Review See: Interview with Siobhan McCarthy about She’s The He
Twinless (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: James Sweeney; Writer: James Sweeney; Stars: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Lauren Graham, Aisling Franciosi, Tasha Smith, Chris Perfetti)
Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance.
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Untamable (Indomptables) (Country: Cameroon, France; Year: 2025; Director: Thomas Ngijol; Writer: Mosco Boucault, Thomas Ngijol; Stars: Danilo Melande, Bienvenu Roland Mvoe, Thomas Ngijol, Thérèse Ngono)
Yaoundé, Inspector Billong investigates the murder of a police officer, while his personal life reaches breaking point.
What Marielle Knows (Was Marielle Weiß) (Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Frédéric Hambalek; Writer: Frédéric Hambalek; Stars: Julia Jentsch, Felix Kramer, Laeni Geiseler, Moritz von Treuenfels, Mehmet Atesci, Sissy Höfferer)
Julia and Tobias discover that their daughter Marielle has suddenly developed telepathic abilities and can see and hear everything they do. This leads to situations ranging from the awkward to the absurd as uncomfortable truths are revealed.
Full Review See: Frédéric Hambalek on What Marielle Knows (Was Marielle Weiß)
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