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Animation · Review · 4 min The Violinist Ervin Han and Raúl García's hand-drawn The Violinist, a wartime love story between two young musicians in Singapore, won the Annecy… 3.5out of 5 Series · Review · 4 min The Lowdown Season two of The Lowdown sends Ethan Hawke's self-styled truthstorian after a missing prisoner, with Betty Gilpin and Tommy Lee Jones… 4out of 5 Restorations · Review · 4 min Animal Farm, restored Britain's first animated feature is back in a 4K restoration, and the critics split: Animal Farm is a handsome, carefully made adaptation… 3.5out of 5 Soundtracks · Explainer · 5 min One synthesizer, a rainy city: how Vangelis scored Blade Runner Vangelis built the Blade Runner score almost alone: a Yamaha CS-80, a few other synthesizers and a great deal of reverb, improvised against… (3 props) 5′min read Home Cinema · Explainer · 4 min Why you can't hear the dialogue on your TV Dialogue gets lost in three places: thin TV speakers that face a wall, a surround mix folded down to stereo, and the mix itself, built for… (3 props) 4′min read Animation · Review · 4 min Iron Boy Louis Clichy's hand-painted Iron Boy is a tender, specific portrait of a farm boy fitted with an iron corset, and the critics are close to… 4.5out of 5 Documentary · Review · 3 min You Can See Everything The critics are close to unanimous: Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim have made a nearly three-hour portrait of Elizabeth Holmes that is… 4.5out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min Tenzing A handsome, sincere and rather conventional Everest biopic that finally puts Tenzing Norgay at the centre of his own story. Critics praise… 3.5out of 5 Streaming · Review · 3 min Love of Your Life A romcom meet-cute that turns into a study of love and grief, carried by a superb Margaret Qualley. Critics split on the second half: some… 3.5out of 5 Home Cinema · Explainer · 3 min Wall or screen? What a projection screen actually changes In a truly dark room, a flat white wall and a basic screen are closer than shop pages suggest. Turn on a lamp and the gap opens: room light… (3 props) 3′min read Animation · Review · 4 min Arrietty, restored Studio Ghibli's quietest film returns in a new 4K restoration: a hand-drawn world seen from the height of a household pest, with sound… 4out of 5 New Releases · Review · 3 min Fatherland A cool, tightly made chamber piece: Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika across a divided Germany in 1949, in black and… 4.5out of 5