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mia madre review - lights, camera… trauma

mia madre review - lights, camera… trauma

A film-maker has to manage with her dying mother and a pompous American star in this tragicomic...


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the choice review - lets twist again, nicholas...

the choice review - lets twist again, nicholas...

Comically perfect neighbours court over the Cape Fear inlets in another adaptation of the North...


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angela bassett: anger doesnt serve me. if i am...

angela bassett: anger doesnt serve me. if i am...

From Boyz N the Hood to playing Tina Turner,Angela Bassett has always been a trailblazer. But Close...


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in the heart of the sea review - apollo 13 with...

in the heart of the sea review - apollo 13 with...

Ron Howard engagingly reworks the story that inspired Moby-Dick,with Chris Hemsworth and Cillian...


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two women review - ralph fiennes in bittersweet...

two women review - ralph fiennes in bittersweet...

This charmingly lugubrious (mournful, dismal) adaptation of Turgenev’s A Month in the Country...


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the greasy strangler review - a grossout comic...

the greasy strangler review - a grossout comic...

Jim Hosking’s US-set feature debut,about a serial killer who smears his bare body in cooking full...


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all the money in the world review - raucous crime...

all the money in the world review - raucous crime...

Ridley Scott’s drama approximately the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III looked sunk after...


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heritage of love review - wretched, retchworthy...

heritage of love review - wretched, retchworthy...

An insufferable love story set in St Petersburg pre-1917 and Paris nowadays,this regressive,...


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the colony review - implausible expose of pinochet...

the colony review - implausible expose of pinochet...

Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl star in this ropey drama approximately a sinister Chilean devout...


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gods not dead 2 review - hammy and righteous...

gods not dead 2 review - hammy and righteous...

A Christian college teacher skewered by an anxious school board gets her chance for vindication –...


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undercover review - a tangled drama of deceit and...

undercover review - a tangled drama of deceit and...

At times it’s hard to know precisely what is going on in Peter Moffat’s drama,but it is gripping...


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the cold feet reunion warms up - will the 90s hit...

the cold feet reunion warms up - will the 90s hit...

Robert Bathurst,Fay Ripley, John Thomson, or Hermione Norris and James Nesbitt beget been seen...


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sex, death and bowling review - dire family...

sex, death and bowling review - dire family...

Ally Walker’s dreadful film approximately two brothers and their bullies is phony and...


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the childhood of a leader review - stunning...

the childhood of a leader review - stunning...

First-time director Brady Corbet’s narrative of a privileged,petulant 10-year-passe fated to...


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louder than bombs review - a quiet tale of...

louder than bombs review - a quiet tale of...

Isabelle Huppert is mesmerising as a war photographer whose death leaves her family struggling...


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ma ma review - penelope cruz shimmers in heartfelt...

ma ma review - penelope cruz shimmers in heartfelt...

Cruz’s superb performance elevates this lovely whether sometimes flawed drama about...


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love   friendship review - a treat

love friendship review - a treat

Kate Beckinsale is deliciously acerbic in Whit Stillman’s fifth film in 26 years – a mashup of...


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the forbidden room review - early cinema cheese...

the forbidden room review - early cinema cheese...

Guy Maddin’s eccentric film flickers,loops and veers between brilliant and boring – a homage to...


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macgyver review - all american hero rides to the...

macgyver review - all american hero rides to the...

He never drank and only once fired a gun,but MacGyver always foiled the villains – including the...


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remainder: tom mccarthy and omer fast s avant...

remainder: tom mccarthy and omer fast s avant...

Who better to film McCarthy’s highly experimental novel than a video artist who had never directed...


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cold feet review: it s good to have our friends...

cold feet review: it s good to have our friends...

Pete has lost his mojo; Adam has found a much younger bride. But this reunion is enjoyable for the...


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k shop review - undercooked british slabfest

k shop review - undercooked british slabfest

Macho,violent thriller hiding an original concept, where a graduate takes over a kebab house...


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les cowboys review - intimate, twisty lost child...

les cowboys review - intimate, twisty lost child...

In Thomas Bidegain’s skilful directorial debut,a country-music obsessed family travel to Pakistan...


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gholam review - shahab hosseini mesmerises as...

gholam review - shahab hosseini mesmerises as...

An Iranian London minicab driver is caught between two worlds in Mitra Tabrizians striking feature...


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urban hymn review - uk riots drama learns to sing...

urban hymn review - uk riots drama learns to sing...

Michael Caton-Jones’s film about a delinquent diva,starring the excellent Letitia Wright, works...


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microbe   gasoline review - weird, sad and...

microbe gasoline review - weird, sad and...

This playful comedy drama,approximately two boys running away from domestic, is all you’d expect...


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molly s game review - jessica chastain is...

molly s game review - jessica chastain is...

Playing tall-stakes poker hostess Molly Bloom,Chastain carries Sorkin’s screenplay-heavy...


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the violators review - atmospheric lo fi tale of...

the violators review - atmospheric lo fi tale of...

Novelist Helen Walsh’s film approximately a teenager rehoused after an abuse case is well-acted...


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marguerite review - elegant biopic of a dreadful...

marguerite review - elegant biopic of a dreadful...

Catherine Frot offers a subtle,heartbreaking portrait of a socialite turned opera singer who was...


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the night manager review: the bbc has gone all...

the night manager review: the bbc has gone all...

The spy writer’s 1993 novel has been updated and sexed up – I’m not complainingCairo,January...


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chronic director michel franco:  how can we...

chronic director michel franco: how can we...

The director’s fresh film,about a nurse’s relationship with his terminally ill patients, was...


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a girl at my door review - first feature with a...

a girl at my door review - first feature with a...

This queer psycho-melodrama,produced by Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong, could nearly work as a pilot...


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imperium review - daniel radcliffe as undercover...

imperium review - daniel radcliffe as undercover...

FBI agent Michael German’s infiltration of white-power groups is the inspiration for this flawed...


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9 full moons

9 full moons

A powerful,brooding cherish yarn about the seemingly implausible relationship of two radically...


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arabian nights vol 1: the restless one review -...

arabian nights vol 1: the restless one review -...

Miguel Gomes’s docu-fantasy hybrid is an epic,experimental compendium of stories reflecting on...


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eisenstein in guanajuato review - greenaways...

eisenstein in guanajuato review - greenaways...

Peter Greenaway’s trademark mannerisms are there in this explicit,erotic speculative gay affair...


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inspecting maigret: rowan atkinson puts on his...

inspecting maigret: rowan atkinson puts on his...

As Rowan Atkinson becomes the latest TV version of Georges Simenon’s famous French sleuth,Mark...


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rectify box set review: man released 20 years on...

rectify box set review: man released 20 years on...

Aiden Young leads a terrific cast as Daniel,a mixture of helpless child and possible murderer in...


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mississippi grind review - buddy gambling tale...

mississippi grind review - buddy gambling tale...

An alpha Ryan Reynolds takes on a smart deadbeat gambler Ben Mendelsohn,for a road-trip movie that...


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a matter of life and death review - timely...

a matter of life and death review - timely...

Powell and Pressburger’s wartime drama,starring David Niven as an erroneously alive bomber pilot,...


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norfolk review - maddening panorama of marshland...

norfolk review - maddening panorama of marshland...

This inventively filmed but overlong drama plays like a bag of jagged shards broken off from other...


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the carer review - brian cox twinkles in touching...

the carer review - brian cox twinkles in touching...

Cox’s adorable grump learns to laugh again in a British film with witty touches from co-writer...


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sing street review - pop goes the playground

sing street review - pop goes the playground

A schoolboy forms a band to impress a girl in John Carney’s warm 1980s drama whose spirit recalls...


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tangerine review - tenderness amid the...

tangerine review - tenderness amid the...

A betrayed sex worker attempts to find her pimp in this bittersweet film shot on an iPhone 5sThis...


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choose your own adventure - how tech is changing...

choose your own adventure - how tech is changing...

Streaming networks such as Twitch and Amazon are working on interactivity - the industry’s next...


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at any price review - zac efron lifts a strained...

at any price review - zac efron lifts a strained...

Ramin Bahrani’s excellent movie 99 Homes,released this year, starred Michael Shannon as a sinister...


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99 homes review - taut real estate thriller

99 homes review - taut real estate thriller

Andrew Garfield stars in Ramin Bahrani’s gripping drama of greed and foreclosures in post-economic...


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colossal review - a demon drink problem played for...

colossal review - a demon drink problem played for...

Anne Hathaway’s New York alcoholic conjures up a monster menacing the city of Seoul in Nacho...


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id2: shadwell army review - belated sequel...

id2: shadwell army review - belated sequel...

Two decades on from Phil Davis’s original,this humdrum sequel of sorts again follows a police...


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midnight special review - real grace, strangeness...

midnight special review - real grace, strangeness...

Jeff Nichols’s gripping cosmic thriller has it all – a superb cast,gritty realism and a...


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set phrases to stun: why benedict cumberbatch...

set phrases to stun: why benedict cumberbatch...

whether you’ve got a zinger in your film,it helps to have a powerhouse speaker, like Ving Rhames,...


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girlfriends review: kay mellor introduces a gaggle...

girlfriends review: kay mellor introduces a gaggle...

The writer’s recent demonstrate – starring Miranda Richardson and Zoë Wanamaker – promises to...


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romeo and juliet review - zeffirellis honey...

romeo and juliet review - zeffirellis honey...

It may look ancient-fashioned in places,but the Italian directors lively version of Shakespeare,...


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the last panthers box set review - visceral,...

the last panthers box set review - visceral,...

Jack Thorne’s sleek thriller,inspired by the real-life gang the Balkan Pink Panthers, features...


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rams review - sly scandi sheep saga

rams review - sly scandi sheep saga

Two curmudgeonly sheep farmers are faced with the destruction of their flock in rural Iceland in a...


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stronger review - jake gyllenhaal plays the big...

stronger review - jake gyllenhaal plays the big...

This Boston Marathon drama attempts to portray a survivor’s difficult emotional journey even as it...


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after love review - bejo and kahn prove that...

after love review - bejo and kahn prove that...

Bérékind Bejo and Cédric Kahn star in a painfully intimate,horribly fascinating drama about the...


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the disappearance finale review - like playing...

the disappearance finale review - like playing...

This was a deeply human tragedy,lightened by some comedy Frenchness – everyone was gorgeous,...


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billions review: i feel naughty - guilty even -...

billions review: i feel naughty - guilty even -...

You won’t learn much approximately Wall Street post 9/11 – it’s just macho men Damian Lewis...


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how cinema helped belfast - and vice versa | mark...

how cinema helped belfast - and vice versa | mark...

Hollywood thrillers loved portraying Belfast as an adrenalised war zone full of hard men and...


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the club review - dark drama skewers sinning...

the club review - dark drama skewers sinning...

Chilean director Pablo Larraín exposes guilt and denial in this powerful myth approximately a...


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trapped - the icelandic thriller thats the...

trapped - the icelandic thriller thats the...

It’s Agatha Christie meets Nordic noir ... claustrophobic,horrifically intense and set in a...


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the dressmaker review - kate winslet is zestful in...

the dressmaker review - kate winslet is zestful in...

Full-throttle performances enliven an otherwise all-over-the-place Australian small-town satire...


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horse money review - elliptical and mysterious

horse money review - elliptical and mysterious

Pedro Costa’s latest is the dreamlike parable of a man dwelling on the haunting scenes of his...


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beijing being review   emma jaays sweet and...

beijing being review emma jaays sweet and...

The Australian director serves up a wistful scrapbook for her adopted city of Beijing,forgoing plot...


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the land review - lowlife teen misery porn is as...

the land review - lowlife teen misery porn is as...

This grim social-realist portrait of at-risk young people offers no solutions and minute in the way...


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remainder review - clever, chilly amnesia...

remainder review - clever, chilly amnesia...

A freak accident leaves the protagonist with enough cash to rebuild his life in an strange way in...


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next to her review - honest, authentic tale of...

next to her review - honest, authentic tale of...

This unflinching Israeli drama about two codependent,semi-feral (Savage; wild) young women leavens...


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fidelio: alices journey review - sex on the sea,...

fidelio: alices journey review - sex on the sea,...

Ariane Labed plays an comely engineer onboard a container ship,navigating men as she goes in a...


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99 homes review - chillingly topical eviction...

99 homes review - chillingly topical eviction...

Michael Shannon is lip-smackingly advantageous as a reptilian genuine-estate broker forcing tough-up...


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a bumpy journey for anna friel: have you been...

a bumpy journey for anna friel: have you been...

Despite being cancelled before Sunday’s final episode,there’s been a lot to enjoy in this modern...


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journey s end review - handsome first world war...

journey s end review - handsome first world war...

Sam Claflin steals the plaudits as a brooding captain in this taut,whether stagey, ensemble film set...


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remainder review - a slippery enigma

remainder review - a slippery enigma

This Möbius strip of a story by Tom McCarthy is both intriguing and alienatingThe feature debut...


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the here after review - scalding thriller about a...

the here after review - scalding thriller about a...

This knotty psychological study of a teenager who committed a violent crime as a child bubbles with...


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secret in their eyes review - flashback thriller...

secret in their eyes review - flashback thriller...

Julia Roberts out-acts and upstages Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor in this muddled film,making...


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the fall review: hunter and hunted reunited in...

the fall review: hunter and hunted reunited in...

Season three kicks off with creepy serial killer Paul Spector at death’s door in hospital. So we...


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set the thames on fire review - plenty of retro...

set the thames on fire review - plenty of retro...

The river has flooded in this comedian fantasy,which has stellar production design but little sense...


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poldark review: hotter, darker, starker - and a...

poldark review: hotter, darker, starker - and a...

Aidan Turner returns as Poldark gets political. Plus,everyone from Steven Spielberg to Jarvis Cocker...


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arabian nights: volume 3 - the enchanted one...

arabian nights: volume 3 - the enchanted one...

Miguel Gomes’s three-part contemporary Portuguese version of Scheherezade’s stories concludes on...


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arabian nights, vol 2: the desolate one review -...

arabian nights, vol 2: the desolate one review -...

In the second serving of Miguel Gomes’s potent trilogy,Scheherazade narrates tales of a killer...


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maigret sets a trap review: zut alors - c est...

maigret sets a trap review: zut alors - c est...

Events unfold so slowly in this Rowan Atkinson-starring Simenon adaptation that it’s like time...


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me and earl and the dying girl review - clever...

me and earl and the dying girl review - clever...

What might absorb been the mawkish tale of a geek getting to know a leukaemia sufferer is lifted by...


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shot caller review - taut, tense prison thriller...

shot caller review - taut, tense prison thriller...

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is terrific as a innocent family man transformed into a tattooed tough case by...


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poor cow review - ken loachs debut masterpiece,...

poor cow review - ken loachs debut masterpiece,...

Loach’s 1967 drama is vividly evocative of its time and situation,with superb performances and an...


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jekyll   hyde review - charlie higson cleverness...

jekyll hyde review - charlie higson cleverness...

Charlie Higson’s colonial-era update,focusing on Jekyll’s grandson, takes Robert Louis...


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miss you already review - toni collette and drew...

miss you already review - toni collette and drew...

Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore play besties dealing with breast cancer in a moving film from...


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the city and the city review - sci fi meets crime...

the city and the city review - sci fi meets crime...

David Morrissey heads a murder investigation in a post-Soviet dystopia while putting up with 70s...


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wonder wheel review - woody allens coney island...

wonder wheel review - woody allens coney island...

Set in 1950s Coney Island and starring Kate Winslet and Justin Timberlake,Allen’s tragi-melodrama...


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the nazi marilyn monroe: goebbels had very nice...

the nazi marilyn monroe: goebbels had very nice...

She was the Nazis’ pin-up,the Aryan sex symbol whose films fired up the SS. In this previously...


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adult life skills review - distinctive oddball...

adult life skills review - distinctive oddball...

Homespun,playful drama about a woman who lives in a shedQuirky is something of a dirty word when it...


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heaven knows what review - scratching the deadbeat...

heaven knows what review - scratching the deadbeat...

Arielle Holmes’ performance in Safdie brothers’ remorseless portrait of life as a heroin addict...


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the finest hours review - chris pine saves the day...

the finest hours review - chris pine saves the day...

An unpretentious Disney drama about a real-life 1950s rescue mission by the US Coast Guard sails in...


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how foreign tv drama became de rigueur with uk...

how foreign tv drama became de rigueur with uk...

After the success of Nordic noir,hits from Germany, France and South Korea are on the way It’s not...


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my favourite christmas film: christmas holiday

my favourite christmas film: christmas holiday

The brassy confidence of Robert Siodmak’s twisted 1944 tale – starring Gene Kelly cast against...


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london spy recap: episode four - the truth is out

london spy recap: episode four - the truth is out

The secret of the cylinder is revealed,we meet Adrian Lester’s professor Marcus Shaw, and Scottie...


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radiator review - absorbing portrait of ageing and...

radiator review - absorbing portrait of ageing and...

This clever,deeply personal work explores the often overlooked domestic lives of older people, to...


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cookie in empire is a badass and a models of...

cookie in empire is a badass and a models of...

Cookie Lyons,the irrepressible matriarch in the US series, now returning to E4, and mashes up...


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a twisted tale of infidelity: have you been...

a twisted tale of infidelity: have you been...

Suranne Jones is at her brilliant best in this gripping account of an unravelling marriage. Are you...


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miss you already review - big issues, refreshing...

miss you already review - big issues, refreshing...

The story of two friends going through life-changing crises lays on the laughs but covers principal...


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mia madre review - warm, witty and seductive drama

mia madre review - warm, witty and seductive drama

Director Nanni Moretti has got his mojo back in this sad,silly and satisfying movie about a film...


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closed curtain review - iranian auteur on...

closed curtain review - iranian auteur on...

Jafar Panahi’s troubling film,again made in secret in defiance of the state, is fraction allegory...


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right now, wrong then

right now, wrong then

Quite by accident,film director Chunsu arrives in town a day early. With time to assassinate before...


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forget the series - tvs one night stand is back

forget the series - tvs one night stand is back

With the child-abuse thriller The People Next Door and the harrowing honour killing fable Murdered...


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uzumasa limelight review - a heartfelt chaplin...

uzumasa limelight review - a heartfelt chaplin...

Transplanted to the Japanese film industry,this adaptation of the 1952 original is an entertaining...


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diamonds, politics and samantha morton: have you...

diamonds, politics and samantha morton: have you...

This gripping series has excelled in its exploration of multiple shades of moral grey and its strong...


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can tv drama still have as big a social impact as...

can tv drama still have as big a social impact as...

Over the past 50 years,a handful of hard-hitting dramas have pricked the nation’s conscience on...


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ruth boswell obituary

ruth boswell obituary

Writer,publisher and TV producer who made drama for children and adultsRuth Boswell, who has died...


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julia jones obituary

julia jones obituary

Prolific and talented writer of dialogue for television dramas and sitcomsJulia Jones,who has died...


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our girl review - another soap star is airdropped...

our girl review - another soap star is airdropped...

Michelle Keegan replaces Lacey Turner for the moment series of the young-women-at-war drama. Plus:...


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black review - romeo and juliet go to gangland...

black review - romeo and juliet go to gangland...

Martha Canga Antonio and Aboubakr Bensaihi are impressive as young Afro-Belgian lovers from rival...


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orthodox review - absurd tale of a jewish boxer on...

orthodox review - absurd tale of a jewish boxer on...

The ever-watchable Stephen Graham isn’t enough to save this gloomy and insubstantial British...


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frankenstein tv: what happens when literary...

frankenstein tv: what happens when literary...

The Frankenstein Chronicles,Jekyll and Hyde, BBC’s forthcoming series Dickensian and of course...


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kill your friends review - misanthropic music biz...

kill your friends review - misanthropic music biz...

Nicholas Hoult is an obnoxious A&R man in this witless adaptation of John Niven’s novelWith its...


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our little sister review - an exquisite portrait...

our little sister review - an exquisite portrait...

The arrival of a half-sister they’ve never met before subtly undermines the existence of three...


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angst, thrills, intrigue: why euro drama is taking...

angst, thrills, intrigue: why euro drama is taking...

The Icelandic thriller Trapped is just the latest subtitled demonstrate to snare UK viewersTalk...


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hector review   a warm tale of homelessness at...

hector review a warm tale of homelessness at...

Peter Mullan plays a vagrant searching for his sister in a naturalistic tale that’s indebted to...


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reporter who told world of guernica atrocity and...

reporter who told world of guernica atrocity and...

The British journalist who helped expose Nazi involvement in the Spanish civil war is at the centre...


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doctor foster: suranne jones excels in an ending...

doctor foster: suranne jones excels in an ending...

Dr Gemma’s gruesome dinner party revenge brought the hit drama to an end after five episodes...


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the gamechangers review - daniel radcliffes gta...

the gamechangers review - daniel radcliffes gta...

The BBC was clearly aiming for a big-budget,US-style tale of boardroom tech success, but the script...


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crush of the week: richard madden s hair

crush of the week: richard madden s hair

‘His curls were just what was needed to play gamekeeper Mellors’Remember the slight girl,who had...


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lady chatterleys lover: no sex please, were on...

lady chatterleys lover: no sex please, were on...

The BBC’s unique adaptation of DH Lawrence’s novel skirts controversy by concentrating on course...


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actings stupid: i am going hunting! - filming...

actings stupid: i am going hunting! - filming...

Jordanian film-maker Naji Abu Nowar lived in the desert with the country’s Bedouin tribesmen for...


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things to come review - isabelle huppert is note...

things to come review - isabelle huppert is note...

Huppert’s warm,wry performance as an academic facing a crisis at home powers Mia Hansen-Løve’s...


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holding the man review - ambitious gay drama

holding the man review - ambitious gay drama

A 1970s schoolboy flirtation blossoms into a tragic care for affair in this unabashedly mainstream...


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line of duty recap: series three, episode two -...

line of duty recap: series three, episode two -...

The shocks came by the moment in this cracking episode with some horribly graphic deaths and a...


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thirteen: the kidnap thriller thats redefining...

thirteen: the kidnap thriller thats redefining...

Marnie Dickens’s bold recent five-parter for BBC3 is not just another youth series – it’s a...


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how foreign tv drama became de rigeur with uk...

how foreign tv drama became de rigeur with uk...

After the success of Nordic noir,hits from Germany, France and South Korea are on the way It’s not...


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the bridge; the ecstasy of wilko johnson; the shop...

the bridge; the ecstasy of wilko johnson; the shop...

If the week’s major releases aren’t very Christmassy,then here are a few suggestions to get you...


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la famille belier review - singing and signing...

la famille belier review - singing and signing...

All the tears at the discontinuance of Eric Lartigaus spirited tale of a deaf couple’s musically...


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suburbicon review - george clooney spies murder...

suburbicon review - george clooney spies murder...

Matt Damon plays a beleaguered salaryman whose life goes horribly improper in Clooney’s account of...


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daughters of the dust review - the dreamlike film...

daughters of the dust review - the dreamlike film...

Twenty-six years after its original release,Julie Dash’s tale of spirituality and family on a...


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persona

persona

By the mid-sixties,Ingmar Bergman had already conjured many of the cinema's most unforgettable...


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armed and dangerous: how belfast became the...

armed and dangerous: how belfast became the...

The Secret,a new drama based on the startling tale of a devoutly murderous dentist, is just the...


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bbc drama to probe cops who tricked target women...

bbc drama to probe cops who tricked target women...

Series with Sophie Okonedo and Adrian Lester draws on Observer exposé of officers who tricked...


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grandma review - lily tomlin makes cranky look...

grandma review - lily tomlin makes cranky look...

The chronicle of an older woman who sets out on a road trip to help her troubled granddaughter is...


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the leftovers box set review:  surely the saddest...

the leftovers box set review: surely the saddest...

This compelling and disturbing drama set in the aftermath of the rapture-like disappearance of 2% of...


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sid   nancy review - a fascinating time capsule

sid nancy review - a fascinating time capsule

Alex Cox’s cult movie deserves its 30th anniversary re-release,not least as a powerful reminder of...


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the silent storm review - tempestuous drama on a...

the silent storm review - tempestuous drama on a...

Damian Lewis’s puritanical minister and Andrea Riseborough’s terrorised wife must deal with an...


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dark side of chile: the director who went on the...

dark side of chile: the director who went on the...

From Pinochet’s bloody legacy to the Catholic church’s safe house for clerics accused of...


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hector review - social realism unrelated to the...

hector review - social realism unrelated to the...

First-time writer-director Jake Gavin’s sweet portrait of homelessness is far removed from Ken...


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prey series two trailer: this time rosie cavaliero...

prey series two trailer: this time rosie cavaliero...

A first peek at the moment series of ITV’s police thriller – with another familiar face for Life...


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a walk in the woods review - robert redford takes...

a walk in the woods review - robert redford takes...

Stripping out most of Bill Bryson’s prose and wit,this adaptation with Redford and Nick Nolte...


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mcmafia may use real russians - but cod accents...

mcmafia may use real russians - but cod accents...

The creators of the unique BBC One thriller cast Russian actors to ensure authenticity – but...


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conceiving ada

conceiving ada

In this award-winning film (which was the first to exhaust "virtual sets"),Academy Award® winner...


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queen of earth review - pungent chamber piece of...

queen of earth review - pungent chamber piece of...

Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston play a pair of friends locked in a dysfunctional relationship...


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border radio

border radio

Before carving out a niche as one of the most distinct voices in nineties American cinema,Allison...


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roots: the classic novel and miniseries gets a...

roots: the classic novel and miniseries gets a...

Roots,based on Alex Haley’s novel, was first produced for television in 1977, or when the...


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churchill s secret review - michael gambon...

churchill s secret review - michael gambon...

Gambon was screen-owningly mesmeric as Churchill,holed up in his family domestic recovering from a...


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scandal review: one of the more bizarre stories in...

scandal review: one of the more bizarre stories in...

A British princess dies in a limo crash in a tunnel – and intrigue,romance and conspiracy theory...


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london spy recap: episode one - whitehall wonks,...

london spy recap: episode one - whitehall wonks,...

Ben Whishaw,Edward Holcroft and Jim Broadbent accomplish the most of their roles in the opening...


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richard iii review - mckellen mesmerises in a...

richard iii review - mckellen mesmerises in a...

Richard Loncraines exciting and clear Shakespearean adaptation from 1995 returns to mark the...


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the lesson review - fascinatingly bleak morality...

the lesson review - fascinatingly bleak morality...

This powerful drama concerns a schoolteacher trying to instil morality into her pupils while...


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the week in tv: the bridge; the man in the high...

the week in tv: the bridge; the man in the high...

Scandinavia’s coolest cop is back with a new partner… and did the allies really win the moment...


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samurai rebellion

samurai rebellion

Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo Sasahara,an aging swordsman living a silent life until his clan lord...


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the ballad of narayama

the ballad of narayama

This haunting,kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village...


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summer with monika

summer with monika

Inspired by the earthy eroticism of Harriet Andersson,in the first of her many roles for him, Ingmar...


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2 or 3 things i know about her...

2 or 3 things i know about her...

Jean-Luc Godard beckons us ever closer,whispering in our ears as narrator in 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW...


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tokyo story

tokyo story

A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak,TOKYO sage is the...


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the club review - religious hypocrisy dragged into...

the club review - religious hypocrisy dragged into...

Abuse in the Catholic church is viewed from the other side of the altar in a directing masterclass...


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tyler perry s  the passion  lives up to its title,...

tyler perry s the passion lives up to its title,...

Equal parts sermon and Super Bowl halftime point to,Fox’s The Passion live event from fresh...


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unindian film review - brett lees debut as lanky...

unindian film review - brett lees debut as lanky...

Tannishtha Chatterjee stands out opposite the former snappily bowler in Anupam Sharma’s...


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the walk review - vertiginous fun

the walk review - vertiginous fun

Heartfelt and entertaining dramatised version of Philippe Petit’s fantastic 1974 wire walk between...


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game of thrones  round up: most fans liked the...

game of thrones round up: most fans liked the...

Our watch may be over when it comes to HBO’s Game of Thrones,but I occupy a feeling it’ll be a...


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a day in the country

a day in the country

This bittersweet film from Jean Renoir,based on a tale by Guy de Maupassant, is a tenderly comedian...


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nashville will be back with a new season on cmt

nashville will be back with a new season on cmt

In another example of fans saving a beloved TV point to,the country music drama series Nashville,...


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tv drama depicting russian invasion premieres in...

tv drama depicting russian invasion premieres in...

Norwegian thriller Occupied has been condemned by Moscow and is likely to tap into fears in...


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ricki and the flash review - meryl streep goes...

ricki and the flash review - meryl streep goes...

This feminist-lite film about a mother-daughter relationship is fun,in an AOR-ish way, thanks to...


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the fass and the furious: the remarkable career of...

the fass and the furious: the remarkable career of...

Aged just 37,the German director and relentless provocateur died too soon, but he left behind a...


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woman in the dunes

woman in the dunes

One of the sixties' remarkable international art-house sensations,WOMAN IN THE DUNES was for...


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mala noche

mala noche

With its low budget and lush black-and-white imagery,Gus Van Sant's debut feature MALA NOCHE...


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the battle of algiers

the battle of algiers

One of the most influential political films in history,THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, by Gillo Pontecorvo,...


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the week in tv: stan lee s lucky man; the jihadis...

the week in tv: stan lee s lucky man; the jihadis...

Fortune smiles on James Nesbitt as a flawed superhero,while a timely documentary exposes a pair of...


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the week in tv: capital; i m a celebrity… get me...

the week in tv: capital; i m a celebrity… get me...

London’s tensions are nicely exposed in a fine adaptation of John Lanchester’s bestseller. And...


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under milk wood review - relentlessly hearty

under milk wood review - relentlessly hearty

Rhys Ifans is persuasive and Charlotte Church game in this raucous Dylan Thomas adaptationConcluding...


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anna maxwell martin as an exorcist in itvs...

anna maxwell martin as an exorcist in itvs...

ITV’s new thriller approximately a country vicar whos an exorcist,based on the books by Phil...


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buttercup bill review - southern gothic that does...

buttercup bill review - southern gothic that does...

A shared secret from a childhood past is blunderingly revealed in this self-indulgent,flatly acted...


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endless poetry review - an assault on the senses

endless poetry review - an assault on the senses

Alejandro Jodorowsky revisits his wild youth in a film that’s both indulgent and recklessly...


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hell on wheels recap season 5 episode 8: two...

hell on wheels recap season 5 episode 8: two...

Well,fellow Hell-ions, it’s been a long-ass wait, or but here we are – the last half of the last...


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doctor zhivago review - vehement storytelling...

doctor zhivago review - vehement storytelling...

With genuine contemporary relevance,this 50th anniversary rerelease reminds us it’s impossible not...


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the week in tv: doc martin; cuffs; the great...

the week in tv: doc martin; cuffs; the great...

The all too watchable Doc Martin wraps up another series,Brighton welcomes cops and robbers, and the...


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the messenger review - so many subplots, so little...

the messenger review - so many subplots, so little...

This sombre drama about a man haunted by apparitions is tedious and fragmented,rather than...


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the place of no words  trailer: where do we go...

the place of no words trailer: where do we go...

impress Webber‘s The residence of No Words poses a large,unanswerable question: “Where do we go...


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la collectionneuse

la collectionneuse

A bombastic,womanizing art dealer and his painter friend recede to a seventeenth-century villa on...


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rania

rania

Sixteen-year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) Rania studies dance and lives with...


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two story

two story

An anonymous man and woman slowly weave in and out of the various rooms of a two legend loft,never...


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big little lies  season 2 trailer: the lie is...

big little lies season 2 trailer: the lie is...

What happens when a secret shared among a group begins eating away at one of its members? We’re...


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twenty four eyes

twenty four eyes

Keisuke Kinoshita's TWENTY-FOUR EYES is an elegant,emotional chronicle of a teacher's...


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the browning version

the browning version

Michael Redgrave gives the performance of his career in Anthony Asquith's adaptation of Terence...


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el sur

el sur

Victor Erice received widespread compliment for his 1973 film SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, which told of...


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closely watched trains

closely watched trains

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia,a bumbling dispatcher's apprentice...


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wings

wings

For her first feature after graduating from the All-Russian State Institute for Cinematography...


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au hasard balthazar

au hasard balthazar

A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema,director...


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the big short  scribe charles randolph on adapting...

the big short scribe charles randolph on adapting...

Announced by Paramount late into the season, The substantial Short, which Charles Randolph and...


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bridge of spies  producers krieger   platt behind...

bridge of spies producers krieger platt behind...

In a fall box office marketplace where a slew of adult dramas like Steve Jobs,Our Brand Is Crisis...


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london spy recap: episode three - i knew you d...

london spy recap: episode three - i knew you d...

destitute Danny: pulled out of one truly horrible nightmare only to be thrust into anotherSpoiler...


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sacca to shark tank:  i will not and cannot do it...

sacca to shark tank: i will not and cannot do it...

 whether you’re not familiar with Shark Tank,its ABC’s show that drops companies in front of...


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tom bateman on playing both jekyll and hyde:...

tom bateman on playing both jekyll and hyde:...

The actor has to work twice as tough for his new roles in Charlie Higson’s adaptation of Robert...


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tangerine director sean baker: isnt it time...

tangerine director sean baker: isnt it time...

Shot on an iPhone,the indie comedy drama about LA’s transgender sex workers is a circuit breaker...


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exclusive trailer: the last panthers

exclusive trailer: the last panthers

A first study at the new jewel heist thriller on Sky Atlantic starring Samantha Morton,Tahar Rahim...


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the space between  trailer: kelsey grammer is a...

the space between trailer: kelsey grammer is a...

Kelsey Grammer becomes a long-haired,washed-up, kind of creepy has-been rock star in The Space...


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