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3/5
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Empire of Lies
(2026)
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Matt Glasby
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Although it sometimes feels like a lecture, the film hits harder than you might expect.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/5
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Sunny Dancer
(2026)
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James Mottram
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While it might be difficult to call the film upbeat, it is sharply funny, shrewdly directed and catches the rhythms of teen interactions just so.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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4/5
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Beautiful City
(2004)
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David Parkinson
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The humanism that has informed much Iranian cinema since the late 1980s is readily evident in Asghar Farhadi's affecting and often gently amusing drama.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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4/5
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Between Two Women
(2004)
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Sloan Freer
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A poignant and sharply observant social commentary interlaced with the most tender romance, it superbly captures the interclass friction of late 1950s Yorkshire.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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2/5
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Night Stage
(2025)
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Josh Winning
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A shame, because while the film flirts with edgy, timely topics, it fails to take the kinds of risks that would make it thrilling instead of merely intriguing.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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4/5
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Obsession
(2025)
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Rosie Fletcher
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Obsession doesn't have a particularly surprising plot, but the way it's shot is innovative.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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4/5
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
(2026)
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Jayne Nelson
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Grabinski skilfully knits his many subplots and brawling chaos into an enjoyably inventive buddy movie.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/5
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They Will Kill You
(2026)
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Rosie Fletcher
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What starts as a tense home-invasion film becomes a funny and gory body-horror that stylistically echoes what might be John Wick: the Video Game.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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4/5
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Exit 8
(2025)
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Matt Glasby
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Genki Kawamura's disquieting mystery turns the liminal space of the underground into something truly nightmarish.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/5
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Wolfram
(2025)
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James Mottram
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From shimmering sunsets to the plague of flies buzzing around every character, Thornton crafts an evocative, stark backdrop for this engaging survivalist drama.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/5
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans
(2026)
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James Mottram
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Danielsen Lie truly inhabits Evans, and spars well with Pullman, who effortlessly plays the father figure. Their drunken pow-wow in a bar is simply priceless.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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4/5
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Nightborn
(2026)
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James Mottram
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Grint is good value as the ineffectual hubbie, but - just as with pregnancy - it's the woman who does the work, with an exquisite, earthy turn from Haarla.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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2/5
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A Prayer for the Dying
(2026)
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James Mottram
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Reilly brings his usual quirky charm, but even he can't save this from its largely soporific feel. An inventive, try-hard movie that sadly never comes off.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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5/5
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Josephine
(2026)
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James Mottram
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Beautifully measured, and featuring some really incisive montages, this is an honest, frank and engrossing character study.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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4/5
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Animol
(2026)
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James Mottram
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An impressive, confident debut from Walters.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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4/5
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Queen at Sea
(2026)
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James Mottram
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Binoche works wonders as the frazzled mum-of-one, unable to cope with her own mother's increasing lack of awareness, while Courtenay - a decade on from co-starring in Andrew Haigh's 45 Years - offers another great late-career performance.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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2/5
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Rosebush Pruning
(2026)
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James Mottram
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With Pamela Anderson popping up in a cameo, at least the cast adds some louche glamour to an otherwise drab and sometimes distasteful affair.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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2/5
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At the Sea
(2026)
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James Mottram
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The script by Kata Wéber feels underwritten, particularly one-note characters like Laura's best friend
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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The Education of Jane Cumming
(2026)
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James Mottram
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Shaw eats up her scenes, but Tharia impresses the most, bringing sensitivity and pain, rather than malevolence, to her misunderstood character.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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3/5
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Who Goes Next?
(1938)
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David Parkinson
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The banter between the Brits is highly amusing and Meinhart Maur is splendidly Preminger-esque as the monocle-wearing commandant.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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2/5
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The Vault
(2021)
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Jeremy Aspinall
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Still, the elaborate solutions that Thom finds to get in and out of the death-trap vault should keep fans of the genre on their toes.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Law & Order
(1969)
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Calum Baker
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The unease is the point: Wiseman's careful, juxtapositional editing reminds us that the blue line between "protect and serve" ideals and state-sanctioned thuggery is thin indeed.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Out of the Ashes
(2010)
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Geoff Ellis
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Watch this film and you'll see Kabul, as well as Jersey, in a fresh light.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
(2009)
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Jack Seale
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Judith Ehrlich's compelling, multilayered and Oscar-nominated film looks at military analyst and king of whistle-blowers, Daniel Ellsberg.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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New York Doll
(2005)
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David Parkinson
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Greg Whiteley's bittersweet memoir is a compelling confounding of rock expectations that's given added poignancy by Kane's unexpected demise soon after the band's brief reconciliation.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Musafir
(2004)
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Omar Ahmed
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Gupta shepherds his wealth of characters well, and like the aforementioned Kaante, Musafir helped to move Hindi cinema into newer pastures by drawing on Western practices and techniques to eye-catching effect.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Winter Solstice
(2004)
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Adam Smith
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Those who can't abide movies without action and incident should stay away, but for those who prefer their drama painted in the subtlest shades, this is a delight.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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2/5
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Horizon Line
(2020)
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Trevor Johnston
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A distinct lack of chemistry between the two leads rather limits our investment in their up-and-down relationship, while the workaday CGI ensures much of the action remains resolutely studio-bound.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Vodka Lemon
(2003)
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David Parkinson
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Kurdish director Hiner Saleem evokes the wry observational humour of Otar Iosseliani (Monday Morning) and Aki Kaurismäki in this gentle take on life in post-Soviet Armenia.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Becoming Cousteau
(2021)
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Caroline Frost
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Never mind dry lectures on sustainability, just show this film, with its gorgeous and ground-breaking marine footage, over and over again in schools.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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3/5
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The Little Hours
(2017)
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Josh Winning
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Told with droll wit and a light touch, The Little Hours milks its one joke for all its worth, delivering as a diverting farce that revels in its own absurdity.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Ken Park
(2002)
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Alan Jones
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Look beyond its cutting-edge, deliberately upsetting surface, though, to the sensitive finale that reveals the innocence of youth, the refuge of playful promiscuity and its corruption by outside forces.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Devils on the Doorstep
(2000)
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David Parkinson
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Jiang Wen's sprawling study of life in an isolated Chinese village in the last days of the Japanese occupation provides a fascinating insight into a forgotten aspect of the Second World War.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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3/5
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The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful
(1956)
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David Parkinson
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Of course it's romcom fluff, but it's beautifully lit, while Norbert Glanzberg's score is lovely and the photogenic Bardot holds her own against the chic Presle and the charismatic Jourdan.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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3/5
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The Great Train Robbery
(1903)
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David Parkinson
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Its most important contribution to film grammar was the introduction of continuity editing, in which the action cross-cuts between parallel events to increase the narrative tension.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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4/5
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Citizen Lane
(2018)
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Andrew Collins
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This film paints a unique figure back to life.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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3/5
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The Patsy
(1928)
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Robyn Karney
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Adapted from a play, King Vidor's silent retains some of the dialogue in the intertitles and showcases the not inconsiderable comedic talents of Marion Davies.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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2/5
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Vanishing Point
(1997)
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Maj Canton
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Writer/director Charles Robert Carner revs up the action but eventually runs out of gas, despite a good cast and scenic desert locations.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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2/5
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
(2026)
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James Mottram
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Returning us to the lurid, trippy Mushroom Kingdom, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is equally barmy, if not quite as fresh or funny as its predecessor.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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4/5
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Jennifer's Body
(2009)
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Rosie Fletcher
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It's vicious and spiky in all the best ways, and neatly ticks genre boxes with its excellent gore scenes.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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3/5
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Au grand balcon
(1949)
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David Parkinson
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While director Henri Decoin includes an extended scene of stunt flying, it's his focus on the human aspects that keeps the various storylines airborne.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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3/5
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That Summer
(1979)
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Terry Staunton
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The film is not without charm, though, with praiseworthy performances from the leading man, Julie Shipley as the object of his affections, and more seasoned players John Junkin and Stephanie Cole in supporting roles.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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5/5
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Heat
(1995)
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Max Copeman
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With Christopher Nolan among the many film-makers to cite Heat as an inspiration, it enjoys the enviable legacy of being always admired, often imitated, but never bettered.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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5/5
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Being There
(1979)
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Calum Baker
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Peter Sellers gives a masterful, stripped-back performance in this memorable satire.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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3/5
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Jojo Rabbit
(2019)
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Patrick Cremona
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Davis and a standout McKenzie inject the film with plenty of heart.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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3/5
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The Undertaker
(2023)
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Steve Morrissey
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McCann delivers an engaging turn, as does Roger Barclay as the increasingly psychotic gangster and Tara Fitzgerald as his philosophically minded moll.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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3/5
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The Betrayal
(1957)
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Jayne Nelson
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McCall's determination to confront the traitor - sight or no sight - is admirable, and the finale should still thrill a little.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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2/5
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Something in the Water
(2024)
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Jayne Nelson
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On the downside, the central couple's issues seem bolted on from another story, the dialogue is often unconvincing and the low-budget sharks are very, very silly.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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4/5
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Two Prosecutors
(2025)
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Tom Dawson
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Two Prosecutors is meticulously composed in fixed takes, its claustrophobic style conveying how trapped its characters are within this totalitarian universe.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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4/5
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Two Women
(2025)
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Chezelle Bingham
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Leboeuf and Gonthier-Hyndman are well suited to their roles, with Violette's softness and Florence's humour bringing a playful, engaging balance of levity and emotion to each scene.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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