Clash Film #22 reviews three cinema releases: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the Finnish grief drama The Summer Book, and David Byrne’s American Utopia concert film. The selection ranges from a grounded superhero story to a quiet literary adaptation and a reissued live performance, highlighting contrasting approaches to spectacle, loss and music.

– Spider-Man: Brand New Day is praised as the strongest Marvel film since Endgame, giving Peter Parker a more mature, introspective story after No Way Home; it receives 8/10.
– The Summer Book, released on 7 August, stars Glenn Close as a grandmother helping a bereaved child navigate a Finnish island summer; it receives 6/10.
– David Byrne’s American Utopia returns to cinemas from 5 August, bringing Spike Lee’s filmed Broadway production back to audiences after its 2020 HBO release.