Thriller

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TV 

From the producers of The Night Manager, a new le Carré series storms onto the BBC: The Little Drummer Girl

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Cinema 

A revenge story of cosmic proportions from visionary director Panos Cosmatos featuring a career-defining performance from Nicolas Cage, Mandy has us holding on to our seat

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Immersive 

Immersive storytelling meets fine dining

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Cinema 

Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett and Vanessa Kirby join Tom Cruise for Mission: Impossible — Fallout, the stunning sixth instalment of the action film series

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Cinema 

In Hotel Artemis, Jodie Foster tops off a cast including Sofia Boutella and Sterling K. Brown in a dark yet lighthearted film set in a deeply criminal future L.A.

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Cinema 

From the fun to the feelgood to the fast and furious, here are the best blockbusters of 2018 coming out this summer

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Cinema 

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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Cinema 

Innocence and experience jostle in Shoplifters, a beautiful, alchemical family drama from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda who snapped up the Palme d'Or at Cannes

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Netflix 

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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Cinema 

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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Cinema 

The HBO adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451 updates the story in interesting and relevant ways, creating a true dystopian tale for our troubled times

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Cinema 

Mads Mikkelsen shines in Arctic, a by-numbers but efficient one-man survival story directed with a sure hand by first-timer Joe Penna

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Cinema 

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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Cinema 

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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Cinema 

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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Best of 

Try not to vomit: the sickeningly macabre The Alienist is another stand-out success for Netflix

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Cinema 

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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Cinema 

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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Cinema 

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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Best of 

Gangsters, film stars, politicians and spies come together in Netflix's Sacred Games

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Cinema 

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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Cinema 

Boasting a bumper cast including David Oyelowo and Charlize Theron, Gringo takes us through Mexico's drug underworld but there are too many twists and turns to keep the comedy up

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Cinema 

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

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The Shape of Water is a cross-genre triumph, and Guillermo del Toro's best film since Pan's Labyrinth

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Cinema 

The latest adaption of the R.C. Sheriff World War I play, Journey's End brings lots of bark (and bright British talent) to the screen but not much bite

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Best of 

Paul Thomas Anderson's enchanting and haunting tale about a dressmaker in 1950s London and his muse will be Daniel Day-Lewis's last role before retirement

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Cinema 

Here are our predictions for what will win big at the Academy Awards...and what deserves to

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Cinema 

An accomplished Churchill biopic from Atonement director Joe Wright, Darkest Hour is one of Gary Oldman's finest

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Cinema 

All the Money in the World struggles to gain momentum but is helped by a monumental performance from Christopher Plummer as 'the richest man in the world'

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Cinema 

Jupiter's Moon has a dream-like premise but is very much set in reality

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Talks 

Indulge your dark side with a day of events and talks on the art of the thriller with the people behind Apple Tree Yard, Stellan Skarsgård and more

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Cinema 

Kenneth Branagh’s sleek adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery is stuffed with talented stars but they are given very little space to shine