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doctor strange; endless poetry; the young...

Benedict Cumberbatch makes for an odd superhero in a feast of enjoyable claptrap,while Alejandro...

spectre; taxi tehran; divorce iranian style;...

Daniel Craig works his way through the Bond playlist in Spectre. And Taxi Tehran takes a back...

carol; steve jobs; black mass; the hunger games:...

Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara burn with desire,while Michael Fassbender and Johnny Depp make a pair...

ran; citizen kane; daddy s home; in the heart of...

Restored classics from Kurosawa and Orson Welles beat the competition hands down in a thin weekIf...

far from the madding crowd; phoenix; the good lie;...

Carey Mulligan’s Bathsheba Everdene is hardly Hardy’s in Thomas Vinterberg’s handsome...

the knick, the duff, the town that dreaded...

Steven Soderbergh’s gory hospital drama is grotesquely human,Pygmalion is reworked with sass and...

the weeknd: the latest victim of the dodgy popstar...

Another day,another unofficial documentary approximately a musician. When it comes to The Weeknd:...

jfk, out this week on dvd blu ray

JFK | The Wolverine | Nosferatu | Streets Of Fire | MiliusAs the 50th anniversary of John F...

western: an elegant documentary, roundly ignored

Netflix’s decision to make its library available worldwide means gems like this US/Mexico border...

amy: winehouse biopic is simply perpetuating the...

In her own words,she was only worthy for making tunes. So why does this film feel the need to...

mad max: fury road; aloha; tomorrowland: a world...

The first crazy Max film in 30 years proves thrillingly deranged,while Cameron Crowe’s...

jfk: the directors cut

(Oliver Stone,1991; 20th Century Fox, 15)On Friday 22 November 1963 America had its nightmare on Elm...

that s (wonderfully uncomfortable) entertainment

The American Gregg Turkington has made a unique study of the comedian’s art. Why couldn’t it...

man up and the british rom com after richard...

bag someone kinda noted off the telly and a Hollywood A-lister,mix them together and hope for the...

my beautiful broken brain: a painfully literal...

This new Netflix doc uses gaudy special effects to communicate the impact of Lotje Sodderland’s...

the roberto rossellini ingrid bergman collection...

(Roberto Rossellini,1950-54; BFI, PG, or DVD/Blu-ray)In 1948 the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman was...

elle; certain women; neruda; frantz and more -...

Isabelle Huppert is superb as a complex rape victim in Paul Verhoeven’s fearless Elle,while Kelly...

citizenfour: a victim of the dvd waiting game

Director Laura Poitras has created an incredible documentary about Edward Snowden but its ham-fisted...

martyrs: straight to dvd is a gruesome fate for...

The reboot of Pascal Laugiers ultra-violent Gallic thriller goes straight to DVD and it’s not hard...

a royal night out: princesses on the prowl

A fearless exposition of the truth behind the night Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret joined the VE...

team negative one: the star wars george lucas...

Defying the wishes of its creator,fans are going to great lengths to recreate the iconic space opera...

making a murderer, a frighteningly addictive true...

Begun before the streaming platform even existed,this unique Netflix documentary is made for...

lessons in love: life after bond is frustrating...

It’s a good job he’s done Bond,otherwise Pierce Brosnan would absorb been hung out to dry for...

the lady in the van; i ll see you in my dreams;...

Maggie Smith shines,Ben Mendelsohn impresses as a poker addict and Spike Lee shows his fancy of...

cast party: podcast giants take to the stage in...

The likes of Radiolab inspire fanatical devotion for their superlative storytelling,but on screen...

out 1: a singular viewing experience

Jacques Rivette’s blisteringly genuine 13-hour film finally gets released on home videoRuntime...

mad max: fury road - its political correctness...

The latest instalment of George Miller’s action franchise may be set in a post-apocalyptic world...

oscar shorts: you could watch them in your tea...

Short films feel increasingly meaningless and noncommittal as directors aim them towards studio...

the new girlfriend; pitch perfect 2; john wick;...

François Ozon pays Ruth Rendell a slinky tribute,Pitch Perfect 2 hits all the apt notes, while...

vivre sa vie review - quintessential soul...

(Jean-Luc Godard,1962; BFI, 15, and DVD/Blu-ray)The films that announced the arrival of something...

consume with care: are bespoke releases the future...

How Jeanie Finlay’s DIY distribution gave Orion: The Man Who Would Be King with the respect it...

the gift: horror, but not as we know it

The trailer promises a bog standard brand of scare but Joel Edgerton’s The Gift is a far subtler...

avengers: age of ultron; the age of adaline; the...

Marvel’s latest lacks the wit of its forebears,and while Harrison Ford puts his heart into...

immaculate collection: the classiest dvd range...

The Criterion Collection is the film snob’s home entertainment fix of choice,but is it as vital as...

the linguini incident: a bowie re release nobody...

With its stilted dialogue and static camerawork it’s tough to imagine how this 1991 film would...

entourage: farewell to the show where nothing bad...

Doug Ellin hits the reset button for a feature-length finale for Vince,Turtle and coWhen it was...

special correspondents: ricky gervais is far from...

The comedian’s unusual Netflix film is a crude and not-that-current affairIf you asked Ricky...

the bad education movie, teaching us a lesson

A dreadful tradition that dates back to On The Buses is enthusiastically updatedEvery now and then I...

john wick: keanu reeves is one stone cold assassin

Hang emotional complexity,someone’s stolen his car and killed his dog. This calls for retribution...

girlhood; furious 7; a royal night out; rosewater;...

A tale of black Parisian teens is tough and tender,Furious 7 pauses for a diminutive male bonding,...

life of pi in ultra high definition video? no...

4K laughs in the face of HD TV,but does anyone besides the purists care?There are two kinds of home...

medium cool review - a landmark fusion of fiction...

(Haskell Wexler,1969; Eureka!, 15, and Blu-ray)One of America’s greatest cinematographers,Haskell...

the ridiculous 6: adam sandler moves to netflix

His films may tank at the box office on a regular basis but Adam Sandler is the king of domestic...

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