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    Best films out in August

    Best films out in August

    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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  • Essential

    Cinema 

    Sweet, funny, and perfectly pitched

    The Big Sick film review ★★★★★

    28 Jul 17 – 18 Oct 18

    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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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Watching Dunkirk might give you shell-shock

    Dunkirk film review ★★★★★

    21 Jul 17 – 21 Sep 17

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Best of 

    In defence of Netflix's new troubling anorexia film: To The Bone review

    To The Bone, review ★★★★★

    14 Jul 17 – 14 Aug 17

    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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  • Features

     

    How The Beguiled came to be white-washed

    Sofia Coppola's first film predicts the race row around The Beguiled

    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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  • Essential

    Cinema 

    Terrance Malick's Song to Song is NOT a return to form, sorry

    Song to Song film review ★★★★★

    07 Jul 17 – 07 Aug 17

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    The Midwife

    The Midwife film review ★★★★★

    07 Jul 17 – 07 Sep 17

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

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  • Preview

    Cinema 

    The Beguiled at BFI Southbank

    The Beguiled at BFI Southbank

    On 10 Jul 17

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Alone in Berlin film review

    Alone in Berlin film review ★★★★★

    30 Jun 17 – 28 Feb 19

    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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  • Must See

     

    Best films out in July

    Best films out in July

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

    Read more
  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin star in romantic Daphne du Maurier adaptation

    My Cousin Rachel film review ★★★★★

    09 Jun 17 – 09 Oct 19

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Richard Gere is excellent in his new film about a New York deal-maker

    Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer film review ★★★★★

    09 Jun 17 – 09 Aug 17

    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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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    We review the new film by Cate Shortland

    Berlin Syndrome film review ★★★★★

    09 Jun 17 – 09 Aug 17

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    We review elegant, understated drama After the Storm

    After the Storm film review ★★★★★

    02 Jun 17 – 02 Jan 19

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

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  • Must See

     

    Best films out in June

    Best films out in June

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    TV 

    Tonight's TV: Top of the Lake: China Girl

    Top of the Lake: China Girl, Episodes 1 & 2 ★★★★★

    27 Jul 17 – 30 Sep 17

    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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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    CANNES REVIEW: April's Daughter

    April's Daughter film review ★★★★★

    20 May 17 – 20 Mar 19

    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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  • Preview

    Cinema 

    CANNES REVIEW: A Gentle Creature

    A Gentle Creature film review ★★★★★

    16 Aug 17 – 16 Jul 19

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    CANNES REVIEW: Based on a True Story

    Based on a True Story film review ★★★★★

    01 Nov 17 – 01 Jan 18

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    We review I Am Not Madame Bovary

    I Am Not Madame Bovary ★★★★★

    26 May 17 – 26 Jul 17

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Robert Pattinson absolutely nails it in blistering thriller Good Time

    Good Time film review ★★★★★

    17 Nov 17 – 01 Nov 18

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Colin Farrell suffers for being sexy in Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled

    The Beguiled film review ★★★★★

    14 Jul 17 – 11 Apr 19

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

    Read more
  • Preview

    Cinema 

    The Other Side of Hope

    The Other Side of Hope film review ★★★★★

    26 May 17 – 26 Apr 19

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    We review a stark new British debut

    The Levelling film review ★★★★★

    12 May 17 – 12 Jan 20

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

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  • In the Know

     

    Interview with Francois Ozon, director of Frantz

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

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  • Interview

     

    Interview: We talk to the director and star of The Levelling

    Interview with Ellie Kendrick and Hope Dickson Leach

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

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    We review a surprisingly tender boxing drama

    Jawbone review ★★★★★

    12 May 17 – 12 Jul 17

    Jawbone is a rough, tough drama with a sensitive side

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  • Interview

     

    'Cinema has to sing with catharsis'

    We talk to Katell Quillévéré, director of Heal the Living

    Heal the Living is one of the best films of the year so far. We interview its brilliant young director

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  • We love

    Cinema 

    Tender, surprising, and all kinds of beautiful

    Heal the Living film review ★★★★★

    28 Apr 17 – 28 Jun 17

    The talented Katell Quillévéré (Love Like Poison) directs this gorgeous tale of life rejuvenated

    Read more
  • In the Know

    TV 

    Jamestown, Sky 1

    Jamestown, Sky 1

    05 May 17 – 30 Jun 17

    Brand new period drama Jamestown arrives on Sky1, following the lives of early British settlers in America

    Read more
  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Cézanne et Moi film review

    Cézanne et Moi film review ★★★★★

    14 Apr 17 – 12 May 17

    Written and directed by Danièle Thompson, Cézanne et Moi charts the tempestuous relationship between artists Émile Zola and Paul Cézanne

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Murder most fair

    Lady Macbeth film review ★★★★★

    28 Apr 17 – 01 May 19

    Lady Macbeth is a cold, composed drama with a superb performance at its centre

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