Drama

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The Ghoul has an interesting and frightening idea somewhere inside it, but is it worth seeking out?

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Land of Mine has a terrible punning title, but a brilliant heart-stopping premise

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Hound of Love is a deeply unpleasant film justified by its clever depiction of a dysfunctional relationship

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The Wall should be a taut, uber-tense chamber-piece with great performances. It's not

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The Big Sick, arriving in cinemas this weekend, is a romantic comedy film that manages to feel interesting and new. Fortunately, it's not the only one of its kind...

Must See

The best films out in August include the new Kathryn Bigelow movie starring John Boyega, and a story of war to rival Dunkirk

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The Big Sick feels like a perfect balance between sincerity and snarkiness, a very contemporary rom-com along the lines of Man Down and In a World

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Dunkirk is, amongst other things, an efficient device for giving you anxiety. It's also glorious

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Netflix's latest film, To The Bone offers a misguided portrayal of an anorexic 20 year old. But it isn't all bad...

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The Beguiled is that strange thing: a Civil War movie with exclusively white characters. But that's just because it's a Sofia Coppola film

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Song to Song is, unfortunately, further proof that Terrance Malick needs to have a bit of a lie down

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The Midwife is a pleasant French-language with a vivid performance from Catherine Deneuve

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The Beguiled has some wicked fun with its lust-drenched Civil War story

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Alone in Berlin is a harrowing telling of the true story of Otto and Elise Hampel, who resisted the Nazi regime in the German capital

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The best films out in July include a star-studded Terrance Malick movie and a slice of gothic madness by Sophia Coppola

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My Cousin Rachel is an engrossing adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin

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Norman can be a little humdrum as a drama, but it's can boast a compelling central performance from Richard Gere

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Berlin Syndrome showcases director Cate Shortland's knack for detail, but it's not a patch on her previous film

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After the Storm is a tender slice-of-life story with no shortage of nuance

Must See

The best films out in June include everything from the new Edgar Wright film to a new Holocaust documentary

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TV 

Top of the Lake: China Girl is a worthy companion piece to The Handmaid's Tale – an overtly feminist series starring Elisabeth Moss

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April's Daughter starts sedately enough, but it's when things get tastefully melodramatic that Michel Franco's film really gets interesting

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A Gentle Creature is anything but. It's a bitter, difficult creature that demands much from its audience

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With Based on a True Story, Roman Polanski covers familiar ground with uninspired results

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I Am Not Madame Bovary is Chinese Brecht seen through the wrong end of a telescope

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Good Time guarantees exactly that, as Robert Pattinson sheds the last of his heart-throb status

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The Beguiled has some wicked fun with its lust-drenched Civil War story

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The Other Side of Hope, the new film by Aki Kaurismäki, explores themes of home and displacement

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The Levelling is an intense study of family dysfunction, and a promising lead-role debut for Game of Thrones actress Ellie Kendrick

In the Know

For director Francois Ozon, Frantz is a romance with important things to say about politics today

Interview

The Levelling is a restrained and accomplished debut. We ask the filmmakers how they managed it

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Jawbone is a rough, tough drama with a sensitive side