Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid star as a young couple whose weekend away uncovers difficult truths about their relationship in Drew Hancock's sci-fi thriller.

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30.01.2025

By the Stream review – burrows under your skin

Korean director Hong Sang-soo returns with this playful study of creation, performance and why films don’t need audiences to be successful.

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30.01.2025

Saturday Night review – unappealing nepo baby triumphalism

Jason Reitman pans back to 1975 and Lorne Michaels' ambitious plans for a live broadcast sketch show in his fanfiction retelling of SNL's inception.

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30.01.2025

Hard Truths review – incredible in small, measured strokes

Reuniting with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Leigh makes a welcome return to contemporary filmmaking with a searing portrait of a woman on the brink.

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30.01.2025

The many faces of Sidney Poitier

As the BFI celebrates the legacy of an acting icon, we delve into Poitier's complex legacy.

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30.01.2025

The Colours Within review – hits with the power of a dodgeball

Anime director Naoko Yamada returns with a wonderful coming-of-ager set in a Catholic girls' boarding school.

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28.01.2025

Double Indemnity and the banality of evil

The shadow of the Holocaust and the filmmaker's personal experience with it looms large across Billy Wilder's most influential and enduring work.

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24.01.2025

Presence review – an enjoyably swift chiller

Steven Soderbergh plays with the cinematic form to craft a compelling story about family dynamics and grief.

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22.01.2025

Brady Corbet: 'It’s a fucking film'

The maverick writer/director espouses the need to stick behind your aesthetic and creative ideals at all costs.

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21.01.2025

The Brutalist review – gorgeous, capital-C Cinema

Adrien Brody is phenomenal in Brady Corbet's sublime three-and-a-half hour drama, as a Jewish architect arrives in post-war America to a hostile new world.

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20.01.2025

Eisenstein in Sacramento

A writer reflects on Sergei Eisenstein's little-known research trip to California, where he took in the sights of Sutter's Fort.

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17.01.2025

Wolf Man review – a bit of a howler

Leigh Whannell follows up The Invisible Man with another present-day revival of a Universal Monster. This one bites.

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16.01.2025

Here review – a forgiving and open mind is required for this one

This conceptually-intriguing folly sees Robert Zemeckis reteaming with Tom Hanks for an effects-driven everyman tale that never gets off the ground.

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16.01.2025

The legacy of James Baldwin in cinema

A century after the birth of James Baldwin, his words continue to echo across filmmaking culture.

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15.01.2025

Played for laughs: how cinema still fails male sexual assault survivors

There is a troubling history of male survivors of sexual assault being treated as a joke in film and television – one writer recounts finding solace in another story.

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15.01.2025

Vermiglio review – a hushed yet effectively emotive drama

Set in 1944, Maura Delpero’s Italian drama presents a complex familial portrait against the backdrop of a remote Alpine village.

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15.01.2025

Emmanuelle review – anticlimactic and unerotic

Audrey Diwan’s cold take on the infamous erotic softcore French novel leaves a bit too much to be desired.

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14.01.2025

Jesse Eisenberg: 'Is our modern pain valid?'

The actor and writer/director of A Real Pain discusses his Polish heritage and the tricky prospect of filming scenes for a comedy drama in a concentration camp.

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10.01.2025

The Damned review – haunting but disappointing

A young widow in an Icelandic fishing village faces difficult decisions in Thordur Pallson's period folk horror.

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10.01.2025

Architecton review – taps into the short-order nature of modern construction

Viktor Kossakovsky takes us on a journey through the concrete and stone that makes up much of our modern world.

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09.01.2025

Maria review – a tender eulogy for a remarkable talent

Angelina Jolie has never been better as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, captured in the final week of her life by Pablo Larraín's elegant biographical drama.

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09.01.2025

Babygirl review – intelligent, elegant adult filmmaking

Halina Reijn's psychodrama sees Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson go toe-to-toe as a CEO and an intern who become embroiled in a complex illicit affair.

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09.01.2025

The Girl With The Needle review – politically pertinent Gothic horror story

Magnus von Horn brings subtlety and empathy to the serial killer genre in this extraordinary true-life yarn.

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08.01.2025

A Real Pain review – an amusing and compelling inquiry into human pain and suffering

Based on a trip he took to Poland with his own cousin, Jesse Eisenberg crafts a sensitive dramedy co-starring Kieran Culkin.

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07.01.2025

We Live in Time review – every generation gets the cancer romance it deserves

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star as a couple whose life is disrupted by a devastating cancer diagnosis in John Crowley's romantic weepie.

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01.01.2025

100 films to look forward to in 2025 – part two

Here's the second half of our annual preview, featuring upcoming films from Lynne Ramsay, Bong Joon-ho and many more.

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31.12.2024

Dylan in the Movies

As Timothée Chalamet stars in A Complete Unknown, we assess Bob Dylan's idiosyncratic on-screen presence.

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31.12.2024

100 films to look forward to in 2025 – part one

We've put together our annual preview of some exciting films to look out for in the next year.

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27.12.2024

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl review – an Aardman banger

The eccentric inventor and his incredibly patient pooch return in a new adventure from Aardman Animation.

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24.12.2024

The 30 best films of 2024

We reveal 30 of our favourite films from this year, including some old favourites and new faces.

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22.12.2024

The Order review – sadly prescient true life ’80s cop thriller - Little White Lies

It’s cops versus Nazis in this old school policier from Justin Kurzel, powered by ace lead performances from Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult.

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21.12.2024

What makes Bill Skarsgård so monstrous?

As he plays Count Orlok in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, we examine the qualities that make Bill Skarsgård a compelling villain.

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21.12.2024

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies review – a Thai charmer

This winning comedy about a grandson whose empathy is driven by a sizeable inheritance is obvious grist for the US remake mill.

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20.12.2024

Nosferatu review – an earthy, erotic masterwork

Robert Eggers realises a lifelong dream in reimagining the tale of Count Orlok, with spellbinding results.

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20.12.2024

10 films that deserve the Muppet Christmas Carol treatment

In honour of the legendary fuzzy take on Dickens' Christmas story, we offer up 10 films that could do with a puppet makeover.

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20.12.2024

Better Man review – chimply irresistible

Ridiculously enjoyable Robbie Williams biopic with the bold gambit of having a CG-chimpanzee in the title role paying off handsomely.

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One more cup of coffee in Mulholland Drive

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Eraserhead and the Lady in the Radiator

Companion review – no thrills, only spills in this AI apologia

By the Stream review – burrows under your skin

Saturday Night review – unappealing nepo baby triumphalism

Hard Truths review – incredible in small, measured strokes

The many faces of Sidney Poitier

The Colours Within review – hits with the power of a dodgeball

Double Indemnity and the banality of evil

Presence review – an enjoyably swift chiller

Brady Corbet: 'It’s a fucking film'

The Brutalist review – gorgeous, capital-C Cinema

Eisenstein in Sacramento

Wolf Man review – a bit of a howler

Here review – a forgiving and open mind is required for this one

The legacy of James Baldwin in cinema

Played for laughs: how cinema still fails male sexual assault survivors

Vermiglio review – a hushed yet effectively emotive drama

Emmanuelle review – anticlimactic and unerotic

Jesse Eisenberg: 'Is our modern pain valid?'

The Damned review – haunting but disappointing

Architecton review – taps into the short-order nature of modern construction

Maria review – a tender eulogy for a remarkable talent

Babygirl review – intelligent, elegant adult filmmaking

The Girl With The Needle review – politically pertinent Gothic horror story

A Real Pain review – an amusing and compelling inquiry into human pain and suffering

We Live in Time review – every generation gets the cancer romance it deserves

100 films to look forward to in 2025 – part two

Dylan in the Movies

100 films to look forward to in 2025 – part one

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl review – an Aardman banger

The 30 best films of 2024

The Order review – sadly prescient true life ’80s cop thriller - Little White Lies

What makes Bill Skarsgård so monstrous?

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies review – a Thai charmer

Nosferatu review – an earthy, erotic masterwork

10 films that deserve the Muppet Christmas Carol treatment

Better Man review – chimply irresistible

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