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Merchant Ivory review – an affectionate yet shallow biodoc

by Marina Ashioti

Stephen Soucy delves into the cre­ative and per­son­al part­ner­ship of Ismail Mer­chant and James Ivory which pro­duced some of Britain’s great­est lit­er­ary adaptations.

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What’s Love Got to Do With It?

by Fatima Sheriff

A film­mak­er sets out to doc­u­ment her best friend’s arranged mar­riage in Shekhar Kapur’s cul­ture clash roman­tic comedy.

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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

by Leila Latif

A retired wid­ow sets out on a jour­ney of sex­u­al dis­cov­ery in Sophie Hyde’s sen­su­al, sex-pos­i­tive dramedy.

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Cruella

by Hannah Strong

Emma Stone plays the fur-lov­ing fash­ion­ista in this over­long and large­ly unin­spired ori­gin story.

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Last Christmas

by Adam Woodward

This mis­judged yule­tide rom-com does a gross dis­ser­vice to George Michael’s musi­cal legacy.

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Late Night

by Hannah Strong

Emma Thomp­son and Mindy Kaling are a joy to watch in this cosi­ly con­ven­tion­al TV indus­try satire.

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Johnny English Strikes Again

by Caitlin Quinlan

Rowan Atkin­son returns to make a mock­ery of British Intel­li­gence in this tedious­ly unfun­ny spy spoof sequel.

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The Children Act

by Beth Webb

Emma Thomp­son deliv­ers a heart­felt turn as a high court judge pre­sid­ing over a dif­fi­cult case in the sec­ond Ian McE­wan adap­ta­tion of 2018.

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Alone in Berlin

by David Jenkins

A griev­ing cou­ple decide to take on the Nazis in this drab wartime thriller that’s notice­ably short on thrills.

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The Legend of Barney Thomson

by David Jenkins

Robert Carlyle’s direc­to­r­i­al debut is a mis­er­able, tone-deaf hash of black com­ic clichés.

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