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This is film critic Robbie Collin for The Telegraph:

Whether Listen Up Philip is a significant step up for Perry or just business as usual, I can’t tell you: his previous two features, Impolex and The Colour Wheel, have yet to be released in the UK.

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Edwin Ashworth
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his previous two features, Impolex and The Colour Wheel, have yet to be released in the UK.

This can be simplified to “They have yet to be released.”

They have yet to be released. This is the causative passive – the arrangements for their release have not been made yet (by someone) -> Someone has not yet made arrangements for their release.

They are yet to be released – This is the passive – they have not yet been released (by someone) – Someone has not yet released them.

Greybeard
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  • Thanks, @Greybeard. Could you please help me understand this sentence (from the same article) as well? : Philip is a low-flying gargoyle on the New York literary scene whose second novel may be about to lift him to more rarefied altitudes. –  Oct 31 '20 at 11:44
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    @Pkjmm That is a new question and requires a new post... – Greybeard Oct 31 '20 at 11:59
  • Basically the part that troubles me is the part low-flying gargoyle. I cannot make any sense of it. –  Oct 31 '20 at 12:20
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    Please check for duplicates. We don't want to keep re-inventing the wheelbarrow, filling ELU with bloat and mixed metaphors. – Edwin Ashworth Oct 31 '20 at 12:26
  • @Pkjmm - If you wish to ask about a new sentence, please start a new question. – chasly - supports Monica Oct 31 '20 at 12:39