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4/5
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Anastasia
(1956)
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Sue Heal
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A clever, insightful script puts flesh on the bones of an already intriguing mystery, but it is Bergman who makes this a minor classic.
Posted Mar 06, 2026
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3/5
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
(2026)
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Terry Staunton
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Knight and Harper nonetheless manage to construct a robust story that doesn’t necessarily require viewers to have deep knowledge of the Peaky Blinders’ past, keeping a firm red right hand on proceedings.
Posted Mar 05, 2026
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4/5
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A Want in Her
(2024)
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Tom Dawson
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The film doesn't offer simplistic solutions, but elegantly explores difficult questions about accountability and responsibility towards loved ones consumed by self-destructive behaviour.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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The Moment
(2026)
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James Mottram
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At its heart, Charli is an able performer, capable of playing herself without ever feeling self-conscious.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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Else
(2024)
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Matt Glasby
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Between the slower stretches and experimental eccentricities, it is, at times, genuinely nightmarish.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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Belén
(2025)
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Jayne Nelson
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This harrowing story is handled sensitively, with superb performances from the central duo and a rich supporting cast.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Crime 101
(2026)
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Jeremy Aspinall
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Meanwhile, Layton sustains the slow-burning tension, punctuated occasionally by some riveting chases, as the quartet circle each other on the way to a nerve-jangling, edge-of-your-seat climax where the outcome is anything but predictable.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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2/5
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Dolly
(2025)
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Rosie Fletcher
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Dolly is tiresome, grim, and overlong at 82 minutes.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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Whistle
(2025)
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Terry Staunton
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Keen hits all the right notes as the reserved but plucky heroine, and Sky Yang impresses as her dorky cousin turned man of action.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
(2025)
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Terry Staunton
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It's a joy to watch a superstar who clearly enjoys goofing around with a tight-knit group he trusts implicitly, and oozes easy charm in front of an audience.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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The Swedish Connection
(2026)
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Calum Baker
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Its wry take on the surprising power of paperwork, and its depiction of plain, simple humanity in the face of official appeasement rings true enough to grow genuinely affecting.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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Last Ride
(2023)
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Jayne Nelson
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A few scares are also rustled up by writer/director Cinqué Lee, who ably shifts this out of the realm of disaster movie and into chilly horror.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Cold Storage
(2026)
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Alan Jones
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Part apocalyptic zombie shocker, part alien conspiracy thriller, Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp's novel receives a fun, scary adaptation crammed with splatter action and mordant wit.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
(2025)
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Rosie Fletcher
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Gore Verbinski’s hog-wild time travel tale is audacious, fresh and a massive amount of fun, even though it falls over in a confusing final act.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Turner & Constable
(2026)
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Terry Staunton
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Proof positive that a picture can paint a thousand words.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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The Bluff
(2026)
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Dave Golder
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A spirited cast, slick cinematography, visceral fight scenes and designer action give it a certain swagger.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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One Last Deal
(2018)
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Matt Glasby
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Still, there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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Girl
(2023)
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Rosie Fletcher
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The film is slow to the point of sluggish, and might have benefited from a dash more plot. However, the performances are exceptional, nicely complementing the atmospheric visuals.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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2/5
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Orphan: First Kill
(2022)
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Terry Staunton
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The trickery isn't always as accomplished as it could be, distracting from a narrative which already stretches credulity.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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2/5
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The Devil's Partner
(1960)
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Matt Glasby
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Glacially paced, and stretched at just 73 minutes, this is one for completists only.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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Innocent Meeting
(1959)
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David Parkinson
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Director Godfrey Grayson makes solid use of his location footage, while encouraging the cross-class chemistry between Lynch and Rogan.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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5/5
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Heimat 2: Chronicle of a Generation
(1992)
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David Parkinson
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Not one second of its 1,500-plus minutes is wasted, as Reitz chronicles the social, cultural and political experiences of a group of friends at the Munich conservatoire in the 1960s.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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5/5
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Las acacias
(2010)
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Trevor Johnston
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There's such wisdom, though, in the way it cumulatively touches our hearts, and the performers seem to live out their roles in a way that almost goes beyond acting. Once it reels you in, this is absolutely captivating.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Celluloid Man
(2012)
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David Parkinson
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This epic documentary is most useful as a crash course in Indian cinema.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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The Conspiracy
(2012)
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Alan Jones
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Evoking a sinister atmosphere, this solid effort also packs a final unsettling punch.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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2/5
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Valentine
(2001)
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Josh Winning
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Australian director Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend) assembles a love letter to 80s slashers, but the result is a film that feels closest to the more superficial movies of that era.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Cinema Verite
(2011)
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David Crawford
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Lane stands out as Pat, subtly portraying her shift from naive charm to brittle cynicism, while Gandolfini infuses his wily Gilbert with a twinkly eyed charm.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
(2011)
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Jack Seale
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Yet, it asks difficult questions of activists who object to what the wider electorate has apparently condoned, convinced they'll one day be seen as heroes.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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After the Apocalypse
(2010)
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David Parkinson
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Amid the gruesome revelations and contentious opinions, there are still moments of poignancy and defiant optimism.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Blue Moon Rising
(2010)
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Geoff Ellis
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It's a marvellous film and essential viewing for any football fan.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
(2010)
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David Brown
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This extraordinary documentary follows 14 months in Joan's life during the late 2000s and reveals her to be a fretful but essentially likeable personality who spends her entire existence railing against retirement.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Temple Grandin
(2010)
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David Crawford
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Claire Danes plays the gawky Temple with a wide-eyed intensity and is backed by a stellar cast including Julia Ormond as her proud, uncompromising mother, Catherine O'Hara as her kindly aunt, and David Strathairn as an inspirational teacher.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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4/5
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Five Minutes of Heaven
(2009)
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David Butcher
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It would be a shame to give away how their reunion pans out, but the result is a gripping and darkly believable take on the aftershocks of violence.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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3/5
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RoboCop 3
(1993)
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Alan Jones
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Complete with "splatterpunk" villains, cyborg samurai and Burke flying to trouble spots using a jet pack, Dekker's fun sequel is well directed and written with a firm eye on the family TV series the concept eventually became.
Posted Mar 03, 2026
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2/5
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Law of the Lawless
(1964)
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Terry Staunton
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A box-ticking western.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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3/5
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Three Sundays to Live
(1956)
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David Parkinson
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The situation seems highly improbable, but screenwriter Brian Clemens creates some credible characters, who are played with conviction by Jane Griffiths, as Moore's plucky girlfriend, and Basil Dignam, as his rule-bending lawyer.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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3/5
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Primitive London
(1965)
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Jayne Nelson
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Despite the disconcerting images on display, the film's music is evocative, and watching teenage Mods and Rockers pretending to be cool is amusing.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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4/5
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Messiah of Evil
(1975)
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Sean McGeady
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The oblique plot and elliptical editing, necessary to salvage the picture, work in its favour, fostering a nightmare logic that poisons its atmosphere.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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2/5
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The Hand
(1960)
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Jayne Nelson
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At least the cheesy final few seconds are just about worth the watch - and blessedly, it's only an hour long.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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3/5
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Showbiz Kids
(2020)
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Steve Morrissey
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In watchable, straightforward style, Winter, a former child star himself, mixes archive footage with contemporary interviews and gets illuminating and often astonishingly frank responses to his gently probing questions.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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3/5
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Firebreak
(2026)
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Dave Golder
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An efficient little thriller that won't set your world alight, but provides a few sparks.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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3/5
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Queen of Chess
(2026)
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Jayne Nelson
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The focus of this fascinating documentary is Judit Polgár, who entered her first chess tournament at the age of six and went on to take the rarefied world of the game by storm, eventually rising to Grandmaster.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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3/5
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State of Fear
(2026)
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David Parkinson
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Director Pedro Morelli adopts a confrontational style, dotting the action with showy flourishes and drone shots that retreat from ground level to above the skyline. But he also keeps tabs on the human aspect,
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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4/5
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Anniversary
(2025)
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Matt Glasby
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As a portrait of ordinary people pulled apart by politics it is perhaps a little too schematic, but as an illustration of how fascism creeps into all corners of our lives, not with a gun but with a grin, it's essential viewing.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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4/5
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Cloud
(2024)
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Sean McGeady
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Kurosawa keeps everything subtly off-kilter throughout, resulting in a morally complex and formally fascinating film that invites scrutiny and rewards patience as it ushers its viewers into Hell.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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3/5
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Apocalypse in the Tropics
(2024)
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Steve Morrissey
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This remains an important historical primer with more than just local or regional appeal.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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2/5
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Worldbreaker
(2025)
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Dave Golder
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Some decent acting and cinematography give the film a veneer of respectability, but at heart this is sheer B-movie bobbins.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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4/5
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The Ceremony
(2024)
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Rosie Fletcher
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Displacement, past trauma and individual morality come into question in this gorgeous, slow-burn but at times still dizzying treatise on nothing less than life, death and humanity. Tough but worth it.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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3/5
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Send Help
(2026)
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Emma Simmonds
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The director gets great value from his leads, with McAdams and O'Brien absolutely launching themselves into their performances as they plumb the depths of human derangement.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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4/5
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin
(2025)
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Calum Baker
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American film-maker David Borenstein marshals Talankin's extensive footage, crafting a compact and compelling story with a range of interesting participants.
Posted Feb 23, 2026
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