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Review

Freakier Friday review – nothing quite compares to that rugged noughties flair

by Yasmine Kandil

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reprise their roles as the mother-daughter duo that accidentally swapped bodies in 2003, and the results are… okay.

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Journeys

Inside the inaugural edition of the Collective Film Festival London

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A dispatch from a passionate grassroots project over in Finsbury Park.
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Podcast

Bring Her Back + Directors Danny and Michael Phillipou | The Naked Gun | Naked Gun (1988)

On the show this week we discuss Bring Her Back and speak to its delightful directors Danny and Michael Phillipou. The spoof returns in The Naked Gun, and for Film club we revisit the original Naked Gun.
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Review

The Naked Gun review – not just more rebooted IP for the pile

by Charles Bramesco

Liam Neeson stars as Detective Frank Drebin Jr in Akiva Schaffer’s zany new Police Academy adventure.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Savages review – direct action education, for kids!

by Kambole Campbell

Claude Barras’s new animated feature ties together fights for indigenous rights and climate action with coming-of-age angst.

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Review

Bring Her Back review – Sally Hawkins is sensationally unhinged

by Katherine McLaughlin

Two siblings discover their new foster mother isn’t all she seems in Michael and Danny Philippou’s gory horror. 

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Podcast

The Fantastic Four: First Steps + Ralph Ineson | What Does That Nature Say To You | The Green Ray (1986)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss The Fanastic Four: First Steps and spoke to its star Ralph Ineson. We then review the latest Hong Sang-Soo film, What Does That Nature Say To You and finally, for film club, revisit The Green Ray.
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Review

The Bad Guys 2 review – an absolute hoot

by David Jenkins

This superior screwball heist sequel headed up by Sam Rockwell demonstrates a wicked funny bone.

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Review

The Fantastic Four: First Steps review – hard not to wish for more commitment

by Kambole Campbell

Hesitance to commit to pulpy retrofuturism undermines one of the better MCU entries.

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Festivals

The 2025 Venice line-up is insanely stacked

by Nathan Lewis

Festival chief Alberto Barbara has pulled out all the stops to deliver a star-spangled and mouth-watering set of titles.