Timestalker’s cycle of suffering
This “reincarnation spoof” sees a woman endure the same horrors lifetime after lifetime. Sadly, it’s also painful viewing.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s new film may be his greatest delusion
The script of Megalopolis is unspeakable, its tone baffling and its world makes no sense.
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Firebrand is an unhistorical and unforgettable Tudor drama
Alicia Vikander and Jude Law excel in this retelling of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine Parr.
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Sing Sing is a tender portrait of creativity behind bars
The film stars former inmates playing themselves as they stage a performance on the inside.
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Widow Clicquot review: a sickly sweet champagne story
This is just the latest in a succession of self-congratulatory, syrupy brand movies.
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Hollywoodgate is a glimpse of the Taliban at work
This revelatory film follows two soldiers in Afghanistan during the country’s regime change.
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About Dry Grasses is quintessential slow cinema
This Turkish film is deeply challenging, even boring at times. But it is pretty much a masterpiece.
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Twisters makes tornadoes great again
The sequel to the cult 1996 blockbuster Twister is saved by a charismatic performance from Glen Powell.
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The Despicable Me phenomenon
How the hectic Minions franchise, optimised for a child’s attention span, became a blockbuster hit.
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Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness is grotesque
The director of Poor Things and The Favourite presents three nasty tales of domination and submission.
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The Bikeriders looks cool – but feels pointless
Jeff Nichols’s study of Sixties biker gang culture is full of beauty, glamour and Austin Butler in a leather jacket.…
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Inside Out 2 can’t live up to the triumphant original
The first film was funny, touching and universally relatable. The sequel is unwieldy and narrow.
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Viggo Mortensen’s self-indulgent western
In The Dead Don’t Hurt, the actor struggles to update an archaic genre.
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the franchise’s grandest, most expensive yet
If you’ve ever relished a Mad Max film, make sure to see this one at the biggest, loudest screening possible.
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Hoard is a daringly original British film
Lewisham-born director Luna Carmoon has called her debut, about a young woman in foster care, “this thing that encompasses all…
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What Challengers understands about tennis
This is more than a sports movie – but it’s also a film that grasps how uniquely competitive the tennis…
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La Chimera is a charming tale of history and myth
Alice Rohrwacher’s playful, Palme d’Or-nominated film about tomb raiders summons the ghosts of Italy’s past.
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Love Lies Bleeding is a fun, surreal lesbian romance
This Eighties-set film, in which Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian play star-crossed bodybuilders, is at its most original when it…
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Should romcoms be sincere or ironic?
The Fall Guy and The Idea of You offer two very different approaches to the genre – one playful, one…
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The contested afterlife of Amy Winehouse
In her life and music, she was beyond confessional. Can Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic tell us more about her than she…
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