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    Adrift pitches woman against nature

    Adrift film review ★★★★★

    29 Jun 18 – 29 Jun 19

    Rising stars Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Sam Clafin save the sinking script of latest nautical survival drama, Adrift

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Diane Kruger takes law into her own hands

    In the Fade ★★★★★

    22 Jun 18 – 22 Jun 19

    Boasting a stellar performance from model-actress Diane Kruger, In the Fade tracks one woman's lonely fight for justice in a country not quite finished with its dark nationalist past

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  • Tried and Tested

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    The Ciambra: essential viewing for Italophiles

    The Ciambra ★★★★★

    15 Jun 18 – 15 Jun 19

    The Ciambra is an effective and affecting expose of life on the fringes of Italian society and an overdue update on one of the country’s defining cinematic ages

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Best horror of the year? Yes, and much more

    Hereditary film review ★★★★★

    15 Jun 18 – 15 Jun 19

    Touted as the best horror movie of the year, Hereditary is also stunning drama about the ravages of grief and the menace of family featuring an outstanding Toni Collette

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  • Tried and Tested

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    A swooning Oscar Wilde swan song

    The Happy Prince film review ★★★★★

    15 Jun 18 – 15 Jun 19

    Directorial debut from Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince is a heartfelt account of Oscar Wilde's final years in Europe that just holds itself together. Colin Firth and Emily Watson feature.

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  • Tried and Tested

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    We're doubtful about L'Amant double

    L'Amant double film review ★★★★★

    26 May 17 – 26 Jul 17

    The latest offering from François Ozon, L'Amant double is a ripe gorgonzola of a film that will be enjoyed by drunk film students for years to come

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Ismael's Ghosts left us feeling hollow

    Ismael’s Ghosts review ★★★★★

    16 Dec 17 – 31 Jan 18

    A star-studded cast featuring Marion Cotillard and Charlotte Gainsborough can’t save the latest from Arnaud Desplechin, Ismael's Ghosts from partially sinking under the weight of symbolism-induced hollowness

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  • Tried and Tested

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    This spooky Swedish drama is superb

    Border film review ★★★★★

    01 Sep 18 – 01 Sep 19

    Nordic folklore is combined with grisly crimes in a Swedish genre-bender Border, based on the writings of John Ajvide Lindqvist

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  • In the Know

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    Cargo: Martin Freeman saves the day

    Netflix film: Cargo review ★★★★★

    16 May 18 – 16 May 19

    From the producers of The Babadook comes Netflix film Cargo, an Australian thriller held together by a convincing performance from Martin Freeman

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    Cannes round-up: the best and buzziest

    Cannes 2018 round-up: the buzziest and the best films

    Here's what you'll be watching next: the buzziest and best films that screened at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Everybody Knows: showstopper or non-starter?

    Everybody Knows film review ★★★★★

    13 Sep 18 – 13 Sep 19

    Cannes’ opening night: From influential director Asghar Farhadi and starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Everybody Knows (Todos Los Saben) is a fine-tuned family drama that sometimes falls flat

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  • Tried and Tested

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    This thriller makes neither history nor its mind up

    Entebbe film review ★★★★★

    11 May 18 – 11 May 19

    Starring Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike, Entebbe teases out one of the Middle East’s tensest moments but struggles to make us see events in a new light

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Here's why we only gave on Chesil Beach three stars

    On Chesil Beach film review ★★★★★

    18 May 18 – 31 Jul 18

    Saoirse Ronan stars in On Chesil Beach, an affecting if uneven adaptation of Ian McEwan's 2007 bestseller

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Dream meets nightmare in this American odyssey

    Lean on Pete film review ★★★★★

    04 May 18 – 04 May 19

    Charlie Plummer makes a star turn in Lean on Pete, the latest from British writer-director Andrew Haigh about hardship with a soft heart centred on a boy and his horse

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Motherhood without make-up gets messy

    Tully film review ★★★★★

    04 May 18 – 04 May 19

    Juno director Jason Reitman's latest portrait of motherhood, Tully sees Charlize Theron and Mackenzie Davis bond but makes a minor misstep at the very end

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Dark and dirty mystery leaves other thrillers in the dust

    Beast film review ★★★★★

    27 Apr 18 – 27 Apr 19

    Featuring convincing performances from Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn, Beast is a gripping crime thriller which follows a 27-year old unleashing her wild side after meeting a mysterious local

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Lily James adds some flavour to vanilla adaptation

    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society film review ★★★★★

    20 Apr 18 – 20 Apr 19

    The latest outing from Four Weddings and a Funeral director, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society needs a little less bliss and little more bite

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Crazy, sexy, cool: Let the Sunshine In

    Let the Sunshine In film review ★★★★★

    29 Apr 18 – 30 Apr 18

    Gold Whisper members see Juliette Binoche in Let the Sunshine In at the French Institute

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Custody: Hitchcock would be proud

    Custody film review ★★★★★

    13 Apr 18 – 13 Apr 19

    An accomplished debut from French director Xavier Legrand, Custody is a masterclass in Hitchcockian suspense centred on a child stuck in his parents' broken marriage

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Ghost Stories review: A Very British Horror Story

    Ghost Stories film review ★★★★★

    06 Apr 18 – 06 Apr 19

    Adapted from the successful stage play, Ghost Stories centres on a skeptical parapsychologist trying to resolve three 'unexplainable' cases, featuring Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther and Martin Freeman

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Perfectly ordinary—and that's a very good thing

    Love, Simon film review ★★★★★

    On 06 Apr 18

    A long overdue take on the high school romance on the trials and tribulations of coming out, Love, Simon hits the right notes by not reinventing the wheel

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Wonderstruck — well, we weren't by this film

    Wonderstruck film review ★★★★★

    06 Apr 18 – 06 Apr 19

    Featuring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams, Wonderstruck follows two tales that intertwine, separated by 50 years, but both seeking answers to the same mystery

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    A hymn to youth, Japan and man's best friend

    Isle of Dogs film review ★★★★★

    30 Mar 18 – 29 Mar 19

    The latest quirky and colourful animated adventure from Wes Anderson, Isle of Dogs follows a bunch of canines stranded off Japan’s coast and features an incredibly characterful all-star voice cast

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Powerful performances; middleweight drama

    Journeyman film review ★★★★★

    30 Mar 18 – 30 Mar 19

    In a deeply human portrayal, Paddy Considine directs and stars alongside Jodie Whittaker in Journeyman, the story of a boxing champion who must rebuild his life

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Trainspotting Live, The Vaults

    Trainspotting Live, The Vaults

    27 Mar 18 – 03 Jun 18

    Sex, drugs and 80s trance. Trainspotting returns to London for a second run this spring

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  • Tried and Tested

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    A tearjerker — but for all the wrong reasons

    Midnight Sun film review ★★★★★

    30 Mar 18 – 30 Mar 19

    Featuring Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger, Midnight Sun follows a girl with a rare aversion to sunlight – but, wading through sentimental slush, can’t convince us to take it seriously

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    'A refreshingly dishevelled Claire Foy': Unsane film

    Unsane film review ★★★★★

    23 Mar 18 – 23 Mar 19

    Shot using an iPhone and featuring an against-type Claire Foy, Unsane is an accomplished psychological thriller from the Ocean's Trilogy director that wobbles in its final act

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Leave your disbelief at home: A Wrinkle in Time

    A Wrinkle in Time film review ★★★★★

    23 Mar 18 – 22 Mar 19

    A powerhouse trio of Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Karling star in A Wrinkle in Time – Ava DuVernay's unbelievably sugary sci-fi fantasy

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Biblical biopic with feminist twist is tame

    Mary Magdalene film review ★★★★★

    16 Mar 18 – 16 Mar 19

    Starring Rooney Mara as Jesus's right-hand woman, Mary Magdalene retells her story with moreish visuals from the director of Lion but with little sense of epic biblical drama

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  • Tried and Tested

    Best of 

    The film to make the art world go ape

    The Square film review ★★★★★

    16 Mar 18 – 15 Mar 19

    Taking a satirical shot at the contemporary art scene, The Square is another immensely satisfying drama from Force Majeure director Ruben Östlund featuring Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Style over substance: You Were Never Really Here

    You Were Never Really Here film review ★★★★★

    27 May 17 – 27 Jul 17

    Joaquin Phoenix is as exemplary as the direction is delectable in You Were Never Really Here — but something is missing

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  • Essential

    Best of 

    Meet the director making impossible things happen

    Sebastián Lelio interview

    We interview Sebastián Lelio, director of Gloria and the Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman, about his chances at the Academy Awards, his influences and city life

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