Posts by Hannah Strong

Road House review – our house is a very, very, very bland house

By Hannah Strong

Doug Liman directs Jake Gyllenhaal in this mirthless unnecessary reimagining of the 1989 Swayze classic.

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Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke: ‘Let’s just embrace love and sex’

By Hannah Strong

The married duo behind Drive-Away Dolls bicker about Russ Meyer and reveal their plans for queer comedy genre movie domination.

Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space: A Conversation with Adam Sandler, Paul Dano and Johan Renck

By Hannah Strong

In Johan Renck's cosmic epic, Adam Sandler and Paul Dano are a lonely astronaut and an ancient spider who form an unlikely friendship. That's the tip of the iceberg.

Spaceman review – a moving voyage to the far beyond

By Hannah Strong

Adam Sandler stars as a lonely cosmonaut who befriends a giant, benevolent spider at the edge of the universe in Johan Renck's spiritual odyssey.

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Matt and Mara – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A teacher stuck in a rut finds her routine disrupted when an old friend from college reappears.

Perfect Days review – profound simplicity by two cinematic masters

By Hannah Strong

Wim Wenders' gentle character studies features a beautifully restrained performance from Kôji Yakusho, as a toilet cleaner who lives a simple life in Tokyo.

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The Cats of Gokogu Shrine – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

In the Japanese costal town Ushimado, a colony of stray cats eke out a fraught existence alongside the human residents, documented by filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda.

Love Lies Bleeding – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A drifting bodybuilder and a reclusive gym employee fall hard for each other with devastating consequences in Rose Glass's explosive thriller.

The Outrun – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Saoirse Ronan stars as a young woman battling alcoholism on the Orkney Isles in Nora Fingscheidt's adaptation of Amy Liptrott's bestselling memoir.

Crossing – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A retired Georgian teacher sets out to reunite with her estranged niece in Istanbul in Levan Akin's compassionate third feature.

La Cocina – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Alonso Ruizpalacios's bilingual drama takes place during the chaotic lunch rush of a Times Square restaurant, where tensions flare between front of house and kitchen staff.

Cuckoo – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Hunter Schafer stars in Tilman Singer's second film, about strange occurances at an Alpine resort.

A Different Man – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson are an excellent double act in Adam Schimberg's effective sophomore feature.

Madame Web review – did anyone involved in this film actually want to be there?

By Hannah Strong

Dakota Johnson delivers a remarkably disinterested performance as a clairvoyant superhero in this shoddy Spider-Man spin-off.

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The Iron Claw review – a heartbreaking dissection of fraternal tragedy

By Hannah Strong

Sean Durkin's searing new drama focuses on the incredible story of the Von Erich Brothers, who became heavyweights in the wrestling world, but were dogged by personal tragedy.

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Your Fat Friend review – heartfelt, clear-eyed filmmaking

By Hannah Strong

Jeanie Finlay profiles writer and activist Aubrey Gordon, whose eponymous blog unexpectedly led her to become an online sensation.

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Argylle review – I’ve had more fun at dental appointments

By Hannah Strong

Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell attempt to add some charm to an utterly charmless script in Matthew Vaughn's derivative spy comedy.

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Thelma – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

June Squibb is a delight in this sweet comedy about an irrepressible 93-year-old who won't take being scammed lying down.

The Zone of Interest review – a towering, awful masterwork

By Hannah Strong

Jonathan Glazer's stark film about the domestic routine of the Höss family next door to Auschwitz is a colossal, profoundly disturbing achievement in filmmaking.

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Handling the Undead – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Three families reckon with the dead returning from the grave in Thea Hvistendahl's glacial horror drama.

All of Us Strangers review – a supernova of a film

By Hannah Strong

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are electric in Andrew Haigh's twist on the modern ghost story, adapted from Taichi Yamada's cult novel.

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Andrew Haigh: ‘I’m a pretty melancholic person’

By Hannah Strong

The British director on the power of crying and how he crafted his heartbreaking new film, All of Us Strangers.

Between the Temples – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane are a magnificent double act in Nathan Silver's thoughtful take on grief and faith, which sees a cantor in crisis reunite with his childhood music teacher.

Mean Girls review – defanged take on a teen classic

By Hannah Strong

This movie based on a musical based on a movie based on a book retains none of the biting wit that charmed audiences in its original iteration.

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The Boys in the Boat review – gentle, forgettable sports drama

By Hannah Strong

Callum Turner puts in a fine performance as Olympic rower Joe Rantz in George Clooney's latest cosy slice of American history.

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The Beekeeper review – not enough bees

By Hannah Strong

David Ayer's latest action thriller is an underwhelming story about a retired secret agent who swears revenge against a tech bro scam company.

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Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘Why is sex such a taboo? I really don’t understand’

By Hannah Strong

Yorgos Lanthimos on the intricate cine-suture work that it took to make his magnificent new film, Poor Things.

Cailee Spaeny: ‘People feel really inspired by Sofia Coppola and nourished creatively’

By Hannah Strong

The star of Sofia Coppola's Priscilla, who won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for her performance, reflects on the experience of working with Coppola as well as her co-star Jacob Elordi.

Priscilla review – subtle and sensational

By Hannah Strong

A star is born in Sofia Coppola's biographical drama based on the relationship between Priscilla and Elvis Presley, with Cailee Spaeny delivering a remarkable performance.

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Anatomy of a Fall sweeps the 2023 European Film Awards

By Hannah Strong

Justine Triet's Palme d'Or winner might have been snubbed by the French Academy Award selectors, but the European Film Academy was much more receptive.

Filmmakers withdraw their work from IDFA amid response to Palestine conflict

By Hannah Strong

Following a pro-Palestine protest at the start of this year's International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian film communities has prompted numerous filmmakers to withdraw projects from the festival.

Saltburn review – gorgeous, lurid, shallow and frustrating

By Hannah Strong

A working-class student finds himself thrust into a new world in Emerald Fennell’s stylish but underwhelming second feature.

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Napoleon review – a dirty, bloody epic

By Hannah Strong

Ridley Scott takes on the might of France's most famous son in predictably brash and thrilling style.

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May December review – a frothy psychodrama with a lurid bite

By Hannah Strong

Todd Haynes' deliciously dark melodrama sees Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman go head-to-head as a housewife and the woman tasked with playing her in a film.

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Bottoms review – undercooked, unfunny teen romance

By Hannah Strong

Two unpopular lesbians attempt to start a fight club at their high school in Emma Seligman's disappointing follow-up to Shiva Baby.

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How to Have Sex review – a striking, unsettling debut

By Hannah Strong

A group of teenage girls embark on a wild post-exam holiday in Molly Manning Walker's evocative feature debut.

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The Killer review – throwback to the golden age of pulp fiction

By Hannah Strong

Michael Fassbender plays a contract killer suffering some professional setbacks in David Fincher's lean, mean new thriller.

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Cat Person review – sorry, I’m allergic

By Hannah Strong

This twisted tale of gender politics based on Kristen Roupenian's 2017 short story is a major letdown in conception and execution.

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BlackBerry review – Glenn Howerton is on top form

By Hannah Strong

Canadian indie filmmaker Matt Johnson crafts an offbeat drama about the creation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.

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Fair Play review – disappointingly generic corporate drama

By Hannah Strong

Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor play a young couple clawing their way up the corporate ladder in Chloe Domont's dour thriller.

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Saw X review – America’s most blood-thirsty civil engineer is back

By Hannah Strong

Tobin Bell returns as the twisted killer Jigsaw in this back-to-basics sequel, which sees him exact revenge on a group of medical scammers preying on the terminally ill.

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Dahl lovingly brought to life as only Anderson knows how

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson adapts a Roald Dahl short story with his signature attention to detail and visual panache.

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Dumb Money review – mildly entertaining economics 101

By Hannah Strong

Craig Gillespie offers a look at the 2021 GameStop stock battle between Wall Street and Reddit, but this comedy is a little light on laughs.

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Strange Way Of Life review – characteristically Almodóvarian queer western

By Hannah Strong

An ageing gunslinger and the sheriff of a small town reunite after many years in Pedro Almodóvar's sweet short film.

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Fremont review – a charming little Jarmuschian number

By Hannah Strong

Babak Jalali’s intimate dramedy strikes a delicate balance between melancholy and wryness in its reflection on the migrant experience.

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Gasoline Rainbow – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A group of teenagers set off on a post-graduation road trip in Bill and Turner Ross's latest feature, billed as their first fiction.

Sofia Coppola invites us into her world with her first book

By Hannah Strong

Archive is a glamorous look at the filmmaker's creative process, including script notes, correspondence, and plenty of behind-the-scenes photos.

Hit Man – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Richard Linklater and Glen Powell team up for a highly entertaining black comedy about a mild-mannered college professor who becomes a fake hit man.

Sky Peals – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A young man who feels disconnected from the world around him receives shocking news about his absent father in Moin Hussain's moving feature debut.

Priscilla – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Sofia Coppola turns her keen eye to modern mythology, adapting Priscilla Presley's memoir into a gorgeous, acutely sad coming-of-age drama.

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

William Friedkin's final film sees Jason Clarke act as a reluctant naval lawyer in a highly irregular case, attempting to prove the innocence of a sailor accused of mutiny.

The Killer – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

David Fincher and Se7en screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker reteam for a thriller about an assassin whose bad day at the office has nasty ramifications.

The Beast – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Across three timelines, a pair of lovers find each other again and again in Bertrand Bonello's ambitious, genre-defying latest.

Aggro Dr1ft – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Harmony Korine ushers in a new experimental tack with his purposefully off-putting infra-red assassin film, which attempts to gamify cinema.

Maestro – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Bradley Cooper's much-feted drama about legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein proves an underwhelming exercise in by-the-book biographical drama.

Poor Things – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with his Emma Stone for a lavish and lewd romp through a steampunk vision of Europe.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson adapts his second Roald Dahl story, this time into a rather delightful short with some beautifully rendered theatrical set pieces.

All of Us Strangers – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are electric in Andrew Haigh's twist on the modern ghost story, adapted from Taichi Yamada's cult novel.

Ferrari – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Michael Mann's long-awaited Enzo Ferrari biopic is a disappointingly conventional and surprisingly rough portrait of an automotive icon.

El Conde – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Pablo Larraín imagines Augusto Pinochet as an aged vampire craving death in his gothic satire, which marks his first foray into horror.

Harris Dickinson: ‘It was actually quite scary improvising with Lola’

By Hannah Strong

The Scrapper star on getting into character, upsetting the make-up department and improvising opposite a tenacious 11-year-old.

Scrapper review – a charming, effervescent story about grief

By Hannah Strong

The chemistry between Harris Dickinson and Lola Campbell shines in Charlotte Regan's debut, about the difficulties of father-daughter bonding.

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Strays review – tedious enough to make you hate dogs

By Hannah Strong

Abandoned by his owner, a happy-go-lucky terrier must learn to survive on the mean streets in this dire comedy, packed with poo jokes and crotch-bothering.

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Alice Winocour: ‘Post-traumatic memory is something very specific’

By Hannah Strong

The French filmmaker on the nuances of recreating a real-life terrorist attack in her reflective new film, Paris Memories.

Paris Memories review – a poignant mediation on personal trauma

By Hannah Strong

Alice Winocour draws on her brother’s experiences of the 2015 Bataclan attack to create a drama about recovering from trauma.

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You Hurt My Feelings review – slight but charming marital comedy

By Hannah Strong

Nicole Holofcener reteams with Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a gentle comedy about a writer who discovers her husband doesn't like her work.

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Barbie review – a gorgeously weird blockbuster event

By Hannah Strong

Greta Gerwig's behemoth blockbuster is a stranger, more fascinating film than its hyper-corporate marketing would suggest.

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In Camera – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Naqqash Khalid's inventive feature debut is a spiky take on navigating the British film industry as a non-white actor and trying to find your identity amid the hostile present day.

The Hypnosis – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A power couple on the brink of pitching their start-up experience unexpected tension after a hypnotherapy session causes one of them to lose all their social inhibitions.

Red Rooms – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Pascal Plante presents a piercing take on true crime in this austere, affecting psychological thriller.

Elemental

By Hannah Strong

Opposites attract in Pixar's take on the rom-com, but a tendency to play it safe means that Peter Sohn's sparky sophomore feature never quite ignites.

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Fremont – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A young Afghan immigrant finds herself adrift in San Francisco in Babak Jalali's poetic fourth feature.

Jason Schwartzman: ‘Working with Wes so long, it really has become like we’re brothers’

By Hannah Strong

The long-time collaborator and star of Wes Anderson's Asteroid City speaks on their enduring friendship, Stanley Kubrick, and learning to talk without moving your mouth.

The Flash

By Hannah Strong

Ezra Miller stars as Ezra Miller and Ezra Miller, and Michael Keaton is also there, in Andy Mushietti's take on DC's speediest superhero.

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Riddle of Fire – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Three precocious kids set out on a quest for blueberry pie in Weston Razooli's throwback adventure film.

Master Gardener

By Hannah Strong

Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist with a troubled past in Paul Schrader's beautiful but underwhelming drama.

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The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Joanna Arnow's feature debut is a blisteringly funny take on millennial malaise and the search for reciprocal companionship.

Club Zero – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Jessica Hausner's drama about a teacher who begins a troubling diet club at an elite high school is a poorly-judged slog to sit through.

May December – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Todd Haynes' deliciously dark melodrama sees Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman go head-to-head as a housewife and the woman tasked with playing her in a film.

The Zone of Interest – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Jonathan Glazer returns with his first film in nine years – an austere, chilling depiction of a German family maintaining normalcy in close proximity to the Holocaust.

How to Have Sex – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A group of teenage girls embark on a wild post-exam holiday in Molly Manning Walker's evocative feature debut.

Davy Chou: ‘This exquisite character helped me to create something more faithful to the truth’

By Hannah Strong

The writer/director of the magical Return to Seoul explains how he drew inspiration from a close friend to create his striking protagonist.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

By Hannah Strong

James Gunn bids the MCU an emotional farewell in the final outing for his rabble-rousing gang of space pirates.

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Priya Kansara: ‘I never thought that I’d be a comedic actor’

By Hannah Strong

Priya Kansara talks the epic prep required to play the lead role of a teen stuntwoman-in-the-making in Nida Manzoor's Polite Society.

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

By Hannah Strong

An ensemble of radical climate activists attempt to sabotage an oil pipeline in Daniel Goldhaber's environmentalist action-thriller.

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Renfield

By Hannah Strong

Nicholas Hoult plays Count Dracula’s long-suffering servant in Chris McKay’s underwhelming horror-comedy.

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Beau is Afraid

By Hannah Strong

Joaquin Phoenix plays a chronically nervous man on a mission to get home in Ari Aster's scattered third feature.

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The Pope’s Exorcist

By Hannah Strong

Russell Crowe plays a priest charged by the Vatican with driving out demons in Julius Avery's underwhelming religious horror.

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Air

By Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck returns to the director's chair, fictionalising the fascinating story of how an iconic shoe was born.

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

By Hannah Strong

The team behind Game Night offer a peppy spin on the classic 1970s roleplaying game, with Chris Pine as a rogue seeking revenge on those who have wronged him.

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80 For Brady

By Hannah Strong

A group of octogenarian pals set their sights on attending the 2017 Superbowl in Kyle Marvin's charming but unambitious comedy.

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A new online resource aims to increase accessibility across the film industry

By Hannah Strong

A joint initiative from Matchbox Cine, Film Hub Wales, Inclusive Cinema, Film Hub Scotland and the Independent Cinema Office aims to widen participation by sharing inclusive resources.

Infinity Pool

By Hannah Strong

Alexander Skarsgård has a pretty bad trip in this vacation nightmare from body horror wunderkind Brandon Cronenberg.

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By Hannah Strong

Adam Driver stars as a pilot stranded in the Cretaceous period in this bafflingly undercooked sci-fi action flopbuster.

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Champions

By Hannah Strong

Bobby Farrelly goes it alone with this warm but cliched remake of a Spanish language film, in which Woody Harrelson plays a temperamental basketball coach.

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Sanctuary – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott act out their fantasies in Zachary Wigon's thriller about a dominatrix and her wealthy client.

BlackBerry – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Canadian indie filmmaker Matt Johnson crafts an offbeat drama about the creation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.

Close

By Hannah Strong

The dissolution of a tight friendship and a subsequent tragedy have a profound impact on the life of 13-year-old Léo in Lukas Dhont's poignant drama.

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Inside – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Willem Dafoe plays an art thief who becomes trapped in a high-tech luxury pent house in Vasilis Katsoupis' unusual thriller.

The Son

By Hannah Strong

Playwright-turned-filmmaker Florian Zeller's follow-up to The Father fails to achieve the emotional resonance of its predecessor.

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Magic Mike’s Last Dance

By Hannah Strong

Mike Lane swaps Miami for London in this frustratingly underwhelming and unsexy threequel.

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Knock at the Cabin

By Hannah Strong

A family trying to enjoy a rural vacation find themselves faced with an impossible choice in M Night Shyamalan's new apocalypse thriller.

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The Whale

By Hannah Strong

A grieving man battling an eating disorder attempts to reconnect with his daughter in Darren Aronofsky's drama.

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You Hurt My Feelings – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Nicole Holofcener reteams with Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a gentle comedy about a writer who discovers her husband doesn't like her work.

Scrapper – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A recently bereaved 12-year-old girl is forced to reconnect with her absent father in Charlotte Regan's charming feature debut.

Landscape With Invisible Hand – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Cory Finley returns with an eccentric sci-fi dramedy about a pair of teenagers who scheme to livestream their relationship for a curious extra-terrestrial audience.

Eileen – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Thomasin McKenzie plays a repressed prison worker who becomes infatuated with a female colleague in William Oldroyd's take on Ottessa Moshfegh's novel.

Fair Play – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor play a young couple clawing their way up the corporate ladder in Chloe Domont's dour thriller.

Magazine Dreams – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Jonathan Majors delivers a blistering performance as an amateur bodybuilder on the brink in Elijah Bynum's aching but underwritten drama.

The Fabelmans

By Hannah Strong

Steven Spielberg weaves a tale about his childhood love of cinema and the relationship between his parents in this light but lovely mostly true story.

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Cat Person – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Based on Kristen Roupenian's much-lauded 2017 short story, this twisted tale of gender politics is a major letdown in conception and execution.

Infinity Pool – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Alexander Skarsgård has a pretty bad trip in this vacation nightmare from body horror wunderkind Brandon Cronenberg.

M3gan

By Hannah Strong

A tech wiz bites off more than she can chew when her pint-sized toy creation forms a strong, malevolent bond with her young niece.

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Check out an exclusive illustrated poster for Hirokazu Koreeda’s new film

By Hannah Strong

Broker focuses on a found family of grifters with hearts of gold who set off on a road trip across South Korea with the police hot on their tail.

The 30 best films of 2022

By Hannah Strong

The LWLies team count down their favourite cinematic experiences from an embarrassment of movie riches.

Babylon

By Hannah Strong

Damien Chazelle's big-budget tale of big dreams in 1920s Hollywood hits an alarming number of bum notes.

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Triangle of Sadness wins big at the European Film Awards

By Hannah Strong

Hosted in Reykjavík, the 35th edition of the European Film Awards saw top honours for Ruben Östlund's satirical drama.

The Silent Twins

By Hannah Strong

The heartbreaking story of Jennifer and June Gibbons feels undersold by Agnieszka Smoczynska's drama.

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White Noise

By Hannah Strong

Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig reunite as a couple grappling with their fear of death in Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel.

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Luca Guadagnino: ‘I hate drama’

By Hannah Strong

The Italian director behind A Bigger Splash, Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria talks flies, flesh and Timothée Chalamet in his horror-romance Bones and All.

Bones and All

By Hannah Strong

Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet play a pair of young cannibals on a trans-America road trip in Luca Guadagnino's sweet, squelchy horror romance.

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James Gray: ‘I’m supposed to show you all my vulnerabilities, that’s the reason I do it’

By Hannah Strong

The director of Armageddon Time reflects on how his childhood inspired his deeply affecting drama about societal tensions in 1970s New York.

Armageddon Time

By Hannah Strong

James Gray interrogates his fraught childhood in Regan-era New York City in this masterful, unflinching drama.

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Live your Wes Anderson-inspired fantasy at an east London hotel

By Hannah Strong

A pop-up at One Hundred Shoreditch celebrates the world of Accidentally Wes Anderson with a very special hotel room and immersive exhibition.

Bros

By Hannah Strong

Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller's gay rom-com isn't as groundbreaking or as romantic as it likes to think it is.

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Triangle of Sadness

By Hannah Strong

Swedish provocateur Ruben Östlund takes us aboard the luxury cruise from hell in his latest over-the-top satire.

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Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell on The Banshees of Inisherin

By Hannah Strong

The stars of Martin McDonagh's latest reflect on their reunion on the islands of Inishmore and Achill, the scars of the Irish Civil War, and the weight of artistic legacy.

The Banshees of Inisherin

By Hannah Strong

Martin McDonagh deploys his signature acerbic wit to an affectionate folktale as he reunites with Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell.

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Decision to Leave

By Hannah Strong

The South Korean auteur known for squid-chomping, luxe erotica and graphic torture is back with a seductive mystery thriller.

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Flux Gourmet

By Hannah Strong

A sonic catering collective attends a prestigious residency in Peter Strickland's characteristically off-beat new flick.

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Catherine, Called Birdy

By Hannah Strong

A teenager in Medieval Lincolnshire contends with suitors and friendship problems in Lena Dunham's winsome coming-of-age dramedy.

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Don’t Worry Darling

By Hannah Strong

Olivia Wilde's sophomore feature sees Florence Pugh and Harry Styles in a 1950s daydream where everything isn't quite what it seems.

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Funny Pages

By Hannah Strong

A teenage cartoonist searches for authenticity in writer/director Owen Kline’s pleasingly grubby debut feature.

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Causeway – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Jennifer Lawrence plays an army veteran trying to adapt to civilian life in Lila Neugebauer's understated feature debut.

The Listener – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Tessa Thompson plays a helpline volunteer on her final shift in Steve Buscemi's sensitive drama.

Bodies Bodies Bodies

By Hannah Strong

Halina Reijn's amusing debut feature satirises Gen Z nihilism but doesn't have much to say about the pop culture stereotypes it depicts.

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The Son – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Despite boasting some big names, Florian Zeller's follow-up to The Father is a missed opportunity to tackle the weighty subject of teen depression.

See How They Run

By Hannah Strong

An all-star cast can't save this predictable, often irritating attempt at putting a twist on Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.

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Don’t Worry Darling – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Florence Pugh can't save this underwhelming retro sci-fi from its overreliance on genre cliches.

The Banshees of Inisherin – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Martin McDonagh reunites with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for a biting but charming examination of a disintegrating friendship against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War.

The Whale – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Brendan Fraser gives his all as a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter before his death.

Pearl – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Mia Goth reprises her role as a homicidal farm girl in Ti West's aesthetically pleasing but otherwise empty horror prequel.

Master Gardener – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist with a troubled past in Paul Schrader's beautiful but underwhelming drama.

Athena – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Tensions flair between a group of angry protesters and the police in Romain Gavras' stylish but frustrating action-drama.

Bones and All – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet play a pair of young cannibals on a trans-America road trip in Luca Guadagnino's sweet, squelchy horror romance.

Blue Jean – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Georgia Oakley delivers an assured debut with her poignant portrait of a lesbian teacher living in Thatcher's Britain.

Tár – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Cate Blanchett is captivating as formidable, world famous classical composer in Todd Fields’ frustrating study of the cult of genius.

White Noise – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig reunite as a couple grappling with their fear of death in Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel.

The Gray Man

By Hannah Strong

A CIA assassin and a psychopath play a game of intercontinental cat and mouse in this poorly-executed action-thriller.

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Nitram

By Hannah Strong

Director Justin Kurzel renews his obsession with mass murder in this well-acted but problematic retelling of the Port Arthur massacre.

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50 films to look forward to for the rest of 2022

By Hannah Strong

Halfway through the year, we offer up 50 upcoming movies to keep on your radar.

Lightyear

By Hannah Strong

Pixar crash land with an underwhelming sci-fi spin-off focused on Toy Story's Star Commander Buzz Lightyear.

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Ninja Thyberg: ‘Porn can be a mirror of our society’

By Hannah Strong

The Swedish filmmaker reflects on how her time as a teenage anti-porn activist eventually led her to create the pro-sex work drama Pleasure.

Close – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Lukas Dhont’s second feature focuses on the friendship between two boys, and the tragedy that changes the trajectory of their lives.

Paris Memories – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Alice Winocour draws on her brother’s experiences of the 2015 Bataclan attack to create a drama about recovering from trauma.

The Silent Twins – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance star in Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s ambitious but flawed biographical feature.

Sick of Myself – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A narcissistic couple engage in a constant game of one-upmanship in Kristoffer Borgli’s disappointingly one-note feature.

Crimes of the Future – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

David Cronenberg’s return to filmmaking can’t quite deliver on its promise that surgery is the new sex.

Funny Pages – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A teenage cartoonist searches for authenticity in writer/director Owen Kline’s pleasingly grubby debut feature.

The Bob’s Burgers Movie

By Hannah Strong

The Belcher family discover a sink hole, try to solve a murder and take their burger shop on the road in the feature-length version of their hit animated show.

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Decision to Leave – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A police detective forms a dangerous bond with a woman suspected of murdering her husband in Park Chan-wook’s swooning crime drama.

Holy Spider – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Ali Abbasi’s harrowing Iranian noir tells the true story of Saeed Hanaei, who murdered 16 female sex workers between 2000-2001.

Triangle of Sadness – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A young model couple find themselves on the holiday from hell in the latest provocation from Sweden’s Ruben Östlund.

The Stranger – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Thomas M Wright’s atmospheric but underwhelming thriller tells of an elaborate sting operation to catch a killer in Australia.

Armageddon Time – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A young boy navigates family and friendship during a time of social upheaval in James Gray’s tender semi-autobiographical latest.

Men

By Hannah Strong

A woman reeling from a personal tragedy embarks on the holiday from hell in Alex Garland’s very British folk horror film.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

By Hannah Strong

Director Sam Raimi injects some much needed personality into Marvel’s latest brand-building exercise.

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

By Hannah Strong

Nicolas Cage plays an out-of-work version of himself in Tom Gormican’s well-meaning but underwhelming meta action-comedy.

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Alexander Skarsgård: ‘I’ve always nurtured this dream of looking at a great epic Viking movie’

By Hannah Strong

As he prepares to unleash hell in The Northman, we profile the Swedish actor who realises his lifelong dream with this Scandanavian epic.

The Northman

By Hannah Strong

Robert Eggers assembles an intrepid team for the epic tale of a wronged Viking prince’s quest for vengeance.

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Benedetta

By Hannah Strong

Dutch master provocateur Paul Verhoeven serves up a blasphemous delight in his convent-set Italian romp.

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Morbius

By Hannah Strong

Jared Leto plays a terminally-ill scientist who accidentally turns himself into a vampire in this shockingly inept superhero saga.

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Scene Stealers: A late descent into madness in Nightmare Alley

By Hannah Strong

Bradley Cooper's suave carny gets his comeuppance at the climax of Guillermo del Toro's neo-noir.

The Worst Person in the World

By Hannah Strong

Norwegian master Joachim Trier concludes his Oslo trilogy with a sweeping romance, featuring a star-making turn from Renate Reinsve.

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Paris, 13th District

By Hannah Strong

Jacques Audiard directs a sensual city-based romance adapted from graphic novels by Adrian Tomine.

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Joachim Trier: ‘We need to feel that we have choices which can change our lives’

By Hannah Strong

The writer/director of The Worst Person in the World ponders love, death and the possibility of a cosmic order to all things.

Both Sides of the Blade – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon play a couple whose relationship is tested by the arrival of an old friend in Claire Denis’ latest.

Flux Gourmet – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Peter Strickland serves up a helping of culinary chaos in his suitably strange fifth feature film.

Death on the Nile

By Hannah Strong

Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in a second Agatha Christie adaptation, but we’d rather he hadn’t.

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Johnny Knoxville: ‘It’s not Jackass unless you’re standing on your own dick’

By Hannah Strong

The clown prince of MTV reflects on returning to Jackass 20 years after it all began, and if the new stunts still hurt like they used to.

The Souvenir: Part II

By Hannah Strong

The sequel to Joanna Hogg’s autobiographical masterpiece is a stunning portrait of an artist’s profound exploration of grief.

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Jackass Forever

By Hannah Strong

Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and the gang return to the big screen for lewd, crude antics with a surprisingly sweet centre.

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Belle

By Hannah Strong

A tale as old as time gets a cyberspace makeover in Mamoru Hosoda’s reimagining of Beauty and the Beast.

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‘We got this!’ Paul Thomas Anderson and Alana Haim in conversation

By Hannah Strong

The creator and star of Licorice Pizza take us on a tour through the San Fernando Valley and reveal why HAIM love to walk everywhere.

Sharp Stick – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A naïve 26-year-old sets her sights on a sexual awakening in Lena Dunham’s brash and honest second feature.

Cha Cha Real Smooth – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Cooper Raiff plays a postgrad party starter who falls for an older woman in the writer/director/actor’s frustrating second feature.

When You Finish Saving the World – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Jesse Eisenberg makes his directorial debut with an adaptation of his own highly-praised podcast drama.

Fresh – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

It’s a classic tale of boy eats girl in Mimi Cave’s directorial debut, but the flavour profile is off.

Belfast

By Hannah Strong

Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical drama about The Troubles is undermined by its depthless and apolitical tone.

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Agathe Rousselle: ‘It’s unusual to see dangerous women’

By Hannah Strong

The French model-turned-actor on getting into character for her breakout role in Julia Ducournau’s Titane.

The 20 best film posters of 2021

By Hannah Strong

We celebrate our favourite film posters of the year, including Titane and The French Dispatch.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

By Hannah Strong

Tom Holland’s third solo Spidey outing brings some familiar faces to the party, but we’ve seen it all before.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal: ‘When we express ourselves as women, it feels different’

By Hannah Strong

The actor on stepping behind the camera for her powerful and enigmatic Elena Ferrante adaptation, The Lost Daughter.

Lamb

By Hannah Strong

Noomi Rapace adopts a strange newborn in this elevated Icelandic folk horror from director Valdimar Jóhannsson.

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Don’t Look Up

By Hannah Strong

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence tackle a climate emergency in Adam McKay’s uneven, star-studded dramedy.

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Encounter

By Hannah Strong

Despite some compelling performances, Michael Pearce’s sci-fi thriller fails to live up to the promise of his debut, Beast.

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Ari Wegner on how she created The Power of the Dog’s visual identity

By Hannah Strong

The cinematographer reveals the trick to shooting digital cows, and why the film is really a monster movie.

Blue Bayou

By Hannah Strong

Justin Chon’s melodramatic tale of immigration and injustice in present-day America is undermined by a clichéd script.

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Mike Mills: ‘All my films are me communing with someone I really love’

By Hannah Strong

The director explains how fatherhood shaped his latest film, and how creating space is integral to his creative vision.

House of Gucci

By Hannah Strong

Ridley Scott enlists an A-List cast for his bombastic dramatisation of Maurizio Gucci’s assassination.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife

By Hannah Strong

Jason Reitman takes on the mantle of his Ghostbusting father Ivan with this emotionally manipulative nostalgia trip.

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LWLies 91: The Titane issue – On sale now!

By Hannah Strong

Buckle up and say a Hail Mary as we take a peek under the hood of Julia Ducournau’s visceral Palme d’Or winner.

The French Dispatch

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson’s New Yorker-inspired anthology film is a meticulously-crafted love letter to the art of magazine journalism.

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage

By Hannah Strong

Tom Hardy returns as the reporter with an extraterrestrial monkey on his back in Andy Serkis’ zany comic book sequel.

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The Green Knight

By Hannah Strong

Dev Patel and Ralph Ineson face off in David Lowery’s adaptation of a popular Arthurian legend, with stylish results.

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The Many Saints of Newark

By Hannah Strong

Tony Soprano’s teenage years take centre stage in Alan Taylor’s prequel to the legendary television series.

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Prisoners of the Ghostland

By Hannah Strong

Merchants of chaos Nicolas Cage and Sion Sono team up for a fleet-fisted tale of redemption and uprising.

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Encounter – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Riz Ahmed is a father on a mission to save his sons from an extraterrestrial threat in Michael Pearce’s complex sci-fi drama.

Herself

By Hannah Strong

Clare Dunne gives a captivating performance as a woman rebuilding her life after escaping an abusive relationship.

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Misha and the Wolves

By Hannah Strong

A woman’s Holocaust memoir becomes an international scandal in Sam Hobkinson’s compelling documentary.

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Annette

By Hannah Strong

Leos Carax’s surreal, Sparks-scripted musical-of-sorts stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard as ill-fated lovers.

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Pig

By Hannah Strong

Nicolas Cage reveals his sensitive side in Michael Sarnoski’s warm-hearted porcine revenge western.

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Stillwater

By Hannah Strong

Matt Damon fights for his daughter’s freedom in Tom McCarthy’s turgid drama based on the murder of Meredith Kercher.

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Zola

By Hannah Strong

Taylour Paige and Riley Keough star in a wild Floridian road trip movie based on an iconic Twitter thread.

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Old

By Hannah Strong

A family’s dream vacation turns into a nightmare when they start to age rapidly in M Night Shyamalan’s latest twisty thriller.

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Julia Ducournau’s first film is available to watch for free

By Hannah Strong

Before she was a Palme d'or winner, Ducournau made a creepy little short about a teenager undergoing a strange transformation.

Nitram – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Justin Kurzel’s difficult drama about a notorious mass murderer falls into familiar pitfalls of the true crime genre.

Titane takes the Palme d’Or at an unusually stacked Cannes Film Festival

By Hannah Strong

Key awards also went to Nadav Lapid, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Leos Carax.

The Restless – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A family struggles to deal with the devastating effects of their patriarch’s bipolar disorder in Joachim Lafosse’s tender drama.

Belle – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A teenage girl finds online fame in Mamoru Hosoda’s internet-age update of Beauty and the Beast.

Paris, 13th District – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Cannes favourite Jacques Audiard returns to the Croisette with a low-key love story set around the fringes of the French capital.

Red Rocket – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Simon Rex is superbly cast in Sean Baker’s sparkling character study of a porn actor well past his pomp.

Titane – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Julia Ducournau’s sensational second feature offers an intoxicating mix of grease, gore and gasoline.

Where Is Anne Frank? – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Ari Folman’s animated retelling of the wartime diarist’s tragic story falls foul of some questionable artistic license.

The French Dispatch – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson’s star-studded, multi-chaptered tribute to The New York is his most impressionistic work to date.

Benedetta – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Lip-smacking provocation and saucy humour abounds in Paul Verhoeven’s rip-roaring nunsploitation romp.

The Worst Person in the World – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Joachim Trier returns to Cannes with a keenly-observed drama about the often turbulent nature of modern romance.

After Yang – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Kogonada’s sci-fi-tinged family drama confirms its writer/director as one of cinema’s most vital new voices.

Stillwater – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Matt Damon is a father fighting for his imprisoned daughter’s release in Tom McCarthy’s tonally uneven drama.

The Souvenir Part II – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Joanna Hogg’s follow-up to her 2019 masterpiece is an immaculate study of grief and filmmaking.

Annette – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star in Leos Carax’s audacious rock opera about a baby with a very special gift.

Freaky

By Hannah Strong

A teenage girl and a serial killer undergo an accidental body swap in Christopher Landon’s twist on a classic formula.

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Fast & Furious 9

By Hannah Strong

Vin Diesel and his family kick it up a gear as they face off against old faces in Justin Lin's return to the high octane franchise.

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Ben Wheatley: ‘I’ve always been wary of the woods – they can kill you’

By Hannah Strong

The modern master of folk horror reveals the inspiration behind his forest freakout In the Earth.

In the Earth

By Hannah Strong

Ben Wheatley goes back to basics in this understated yet supremely effective 21st century folk horror.

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The Father

By Hannah Strong

Anthony Hopkins is at the peak of his acting powers in this moving drama about the banality of ageing.

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The Souvenir Part II will premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight

By Hannah Strong

Joanna Hogg joins Clio Barnard and Miguel Gomes, while Frederick Wiseman will be honoured with the Carrosse d’Or.

Cannes Film Festival announces a bumper competition for its delayed 2021 edition

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson, Leos Carax, Mia Hansen-Løve and Kogonada are among the filmmakers headed to the Croisette in July.

Cruella

By Hannah Strong

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

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Spiral

By Hannah Strong

This procedural thriller reboot of the Saw franchise is painful to sit through for all the wrong reasons.

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Army of the Dead

By Hannah Strong

A team of mercenaries with nothing to lose are hired for the heist of a lifetime in zombie-infested Las Vegas.

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Apples

By Hannah Strong

This stylish first feature from Greek writer/director Christos Nikou fails to build on its intriguing premise.

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Carey Mulligan: ‘Women have been having these conversations for millennia’

By Hannah Strong

Carey Mulligan is into taking risks, and her role as Cassie Thomas might just be her biggest one yet.

Steven Yeun is finally getting his dues

By Hannah Strong

From The Walking Dead to Minari, we chart the amazing journey of this Oscar-nominated star.

Lee Isaac Chung, Steven Yeun and Alan S Kim on making Minari

By Hannah Strong

The writer/director and on-screen father-son tell the story of how they captured cinematic lightning in a bottle.

Sound of Metal

By Hannah Strong

Riz Ahmed plays a drummer who loses his hearing in Darius Marder’s bold and brilliant debut.

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Darius Marder: ‘I wanted to show and capture deaf culture’

By Hannah Strong

The writer/director of Sound of Metal discusses replicating the experience of deafness on screen.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

By Hannah Strong

This fan service-heavy redux of the 2017 superhero pile-up just about justifies its existence.

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Nomadland

By Hannah Strong

Chloé Zhao goes three for three with this extraordinary chronicle of life on the fringes of American society.

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LWLies 88: The Minari issue – On sale now!

By Hannah Strong

Brighten up your year with our illustrated celebration of Lee Isaac Chung’s charming immigrant fable.

Toxic Avenger: Emerald Fennell on Promising Young Woman

By Hannah Strong

The writer/director shares her love of Paris Hilton and her frustrations with the way we talk about women in film.

Promising Young Woman

By Hannah Strong

A ferocious lead turn by Carey Mulligan super-charges this shocking, outspoken debut that pulls none of its punches.

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Prisoners of the Ghostland – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Nicolas Cage and director Sion Sono team up for a rollicking post-apocalyptic battle royale.

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Jane Schoenbrun’s unnerving debut, about an internet role-play phenomenon, nails the online adolescence experience.

All Light, Everywhere – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Rat Film director Theo Anthony delves deep into the myriad ethical quandaries concerning mass surveillance.

Misha and the Wolves – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

The truth proves far stranger than the fiction in this constantly surprising Holocaust chronicle.

Mass – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

The aftermath of a school shooting is the focus of first-time director Fran Kranz’s stark portrait of familial grief.

In the Earth – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Ben Wheatley’s pandemic-themed psychedelic fever dream is the love child of Kill List and A Field in England.

On the Count of Three – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Two best friends make a suicide pact in first-time feature director Jerrod Carmichael’s uneven black comedy.

Censor – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

A film censor becomes obsessed with unlocking the secrets of her sister’s disappearance in this stylish horror throwback.

Pieces of a Woman

By Hannah Strong

Kornél Mundruczó’s affecting drama follows a couple who experience the loss of their first child shortly after birth.

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100 films to look forward to in 2021 – part 1

By Hannah Strong

From long-delayed projects to ones born out of the pandemic, here are the upcoming movies we’re most excited about.

Soul

By Hannah Strong

Jamie Foxx plays a jazz musician attempting to return to the land of the living in Pixar's latest animated spectacle.

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The 20 best film posters of 2020

By Hannah Strong

From the classic to the abstract, we count down our favourite poster designs from a highly unusual year of movies.

Wonder Woman 1984

By Hannah Strong

There’s plenty of pizzazz in Patty Jenkins’ DC sequel, but it lacks the charm and personality of its predecessor.

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What’s gained and lost by the HBO Max-Warner Brothers deal?

By Hannah Strong

With the studio announcing a landmark streaming deal for its 2021 slate, it once again falls to audiences to “save cinema”.

A new film programme challenges perceptions of fat bodies

By Hannah Strong

Curated by Grace Barber-Plentie, Reframing the Fat Body allows plus size people to exist without judgement or limitation.

Happiest Season

By Hannah Strong

Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis star in Clea DuVall’s festive rom-com about going home and coming out.

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Lovers Rock

By Hannah Strong

Steve McQueen delivers a sublime party film for the ages in the second instalment of his Small Axe series.

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Spree

By Hannah Strong

Joe Keery stars as an aspiring streamer driven to extremes in his never-ending quest for viral fame.

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The Nest

By Hannah Strong

Sean Durkin’s long-awaited second feature is a classically styled break-up movie with Carrie Coon and Jude Law.

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Mank

By Hannah Strong

The man behind the man behind Citizen Kane is the subject of David Fincher’s sparkling paean to classic Hollywood.

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Elisabeth Moss: ‘As women, we’re expected to not be that unpleasant’

By Hannah Strong

The star and producer of Shirley on the enticements of strong, complex female characters.

Rebecca

By Hannah Strong

Armie Hammer and Lily James are woefully miscast in this limp adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel.

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Soul – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Jamie Foxx is a jazz musician reckoning with the afterlife in Pixar’s best film in quite some time.

Hubie Halloween

By Hannah Strong

Adam Sandler treats – or tricks – us with a festive family comedy about kindness and the importance of a good flask.

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Kajillionaire

By Hannah Strong

Miranda July channels her offbeat brand of humour into a heist movie, with predictably charming results.

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Miranda July: ‘I’m interested in the little self-sabotaging things we do’

By Hannah Strong

Breaking into the local post office was deep research for the artworld multi-hypenate’s superb new film, Kajillionaire.

10 must-see shorts from the Toronto International Film Festival 2020

By Hannah Strong

This year’s Short Cuts programme brought together bite-size perspectives from around the world.

On the Rocks

By Hannah Strong

Rashida Jones and Bill Murray star in Sofia Coppola’s New York caper about a woman who suspects her husband is having an affair.

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Lovers Rock – first look review

By Hannah Strong

The first instalment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series is a soulful love letter to the West Indian dance scene in West London.

Pieces of a Woman – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Vanessa Kirby is remarkable in Kornél Mundruczó’s drama about two expectant parents who suffer a devastating tragedy.

Nomadland – first look review

By Hannah Strong

The third feature from Chloé Zhao is an achingly tender look at one woman's life on the road.

The Devil All the Time

By Hannah Strong

Antonio Campos’ star-jammed Southern potboiler fails to capture the poetic misery of Donald Ray Pollock’s source novel.

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LWLies 86: The Shirley Issue – On Sale Now!

By Hannah Strong

Our latest issue is a tribute to the beautiful, unnerving world of Josephine Decker’s biopic that isn’t a biopic.

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

By Hannah Strong

Charlie Kaufman presents a mind-bending psychodrama about a young woman’s journey to meet her boyfriend’s parents.

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Matthias & Maxime

By Hannah Strong

Xavier Dolan returns to his Québécois roots with this lilting reflection on lost youth and unspoken love.

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Rashida Jones and Bill Murray drink Martinis in the On the Rocks trailer

By Hannah Strong

Sofia Coppola’s seventh film is a modern screwball caper set in New York City.

Babyteeth

By Hannah Strong

A young cancer patient falls for a local hustler in this striking debut from Australian director Shannon Murphy.

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Watch an eerie new short film made entirely in lockdown

By Hannah Strong

Filmmaker Sam O’Mahony explains how he utilised the resources at hand to make I Don’t Find Any of This Very Peaceful.

Bad Education

By Hannah Strong

Hugh Jackman plays a tricksy teacher in director Cory Finley’s pitch-black classroom comedy.

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The Old Guard

By Hannah Strong

Netflix eyes up a superhero franchise to call their own with Gina Prince-Bythewood's entertaining action epic.

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Finding the Way Back

By Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck exorcises some personal demons in this sometimes effective basketball drama.

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My Comfort Blanket Movie: Jackass 3D

By Hannah Strong

Hannah Strong delves into the myriad thrills and spills of MTV’s finest export.

Athlete A

By Hannah Strong

Maggie Nichols and a raft of former gymnasts detail the sexual abuse they suffered within USA Gymnastics at the hands of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar.

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The King of Staten Island

By Hannah Strong

Pete Davidson fictionalises his own adolescence in Judd Apatow's warmest bro comedy to date.

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Take a peek behind the scenes of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women

By Hannah Strong

Watch Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet and co frolic in the Massachusetts countryside.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

By Hannah Strong

Eliza Hittman’s emotionally bruising, exceptionally tender abortion drama is not to be missed.

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The Assistant

By Hannah Strong

Director Kitty Green highlights the systemic abuse women suffer in the workplace in this powerful drama.

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Moffie

By Hannah Strong

A pair of conscripts find love amid the chaos of Apartheid in Oliver Hermanus’ queer war drama.

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Curzon Home Cinema launches online live Q&A series

By Hannah Strong

Watch a film, then stick around for a cosy chat with the likes of Céline Sciamma and Mia Hansen-Løve.

LWLies 84: The Promising Young Woman Issue – On Sale Now!

By Hannah Strong

Our spring issue celebrates first-time director Emerald Fennell’s scorching black comedy.

Onward

By Hannah Strong

Tom Holland and Chris Pratt play teenage elves on a quest in Pixar’s underwhelming fantasy adventure.

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Inside the company transferring digital film onto 35mm

By Hannah Strong

On a quiet industrial estate in Southeast England, CPC London are keeping the print dream alive.

Downhill

By Hannah Strong

This US remake of Ruben Östlund’s ski-bound comedy-drama Force Majeure oversimplifies the source material.

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The Invisible Man

By Hannah Strong

HG Well’s classic sci-fi horror is given a satisfying modern twist courtesy of Blumhouse and director Leigh Whannell.

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Dark Waters

By Hannah Strong

Mark Ruffalo takes on a giant chemical company in Todd Haynes’ gripping procedural drama.

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Emma

By Hannah Strong

It’s no Clueless, but a strong cast just about sustains Autumn de Wilde’s faithful take on Jane Austen’s novel.

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Birds of Prey

By Hannah Strong

Margot Robbie brings anarchy and attitude to the DCEU in Cathy Yan’s pop-punk ode to womanhood.

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Parasite

By Hannah Strong

Bong Joon-ho’s class-clash black comedy will burrow under your skin and stay there.

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Never Rarely Sometimes Always – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Beach Rats director Eliza Hittman offers an unflinching look at the troubling reality of reproductive rights in the US.

Possessor – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Brandon Cronenberg sets late-capitalism in his crosshairs in this effective – and very gory – social horror.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

By Hannah Strong

Tom Hanks is perfectly cast as the late Fred Rogers, America’s favourite neighbour.

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The Nest – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Jude Law and Carrie Coon shine in Martha Marcy May Marlene director Sean Durkin’s eerie psychological thriller.

The Last Thing He Wanted – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Dee Rees and Anne Hathaway tackle Joan Didion’s novel of the same name, with disastrous results.

Paul Walter Hauser: ‘We have to hold people in power accountable’

By Hannah Strong

The star of Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell talks making the step up for his first lead role.

Minari – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Lee Isaac Chung’s beautifully observed drama follows a South Korean family who relocate to rural Arkansas.

Downhill – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit the slopes in this miserable remake of Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure.

Kajillionaire – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Miranda July’s charming, unconventional crime drama follows a family of lowly LA con artists.

Herself – first look review

By Hannah Strong

A mother rebuilds her life after escaping her abusive husband in Phyllida Lloyd’s urgent drama.

Shirley – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Josephine Decker’s biography of famed gothic novelist Shirley Jackson is a sumptuous period psychodrama.

Promising Young Women – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Carey Mulligan is on blistering form in Emerald Fennell’s darkly comic, provocative debut feature.

Zola – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Based on an infamous Tweetstorm, Janicza Bravo’s wild drama offers a fascinating perspective on female relationships.

Taylor Swift: Miss Americana – first look review

By Hannah Strong

One of the world’s biggest music artists bares her soul in this intimate, earnest docu-portrait.

Dev Patel: ‘Dickens’ stories are always going to be relevant’

By Hannah Strong

The star of The Personal History of David Copperfield on his love of acting and his move into directing.

Most of Studio Ghibli’s back catalogue is coming to Netflix

By Hannah Strong

Rejoice, Totoro fans: 21 of the Japanese animation studio’s feature films are headed your way.

Waves

By Hannah Strong

Writer/director Trey Edward Shults delivers another spiky interrogation of parent-child relationships.

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Just Mercy

By Hannah Strong

Destin Daniel Cretton’s biopic of wrongly incarcerated death row inmate Walter McMillian plays it a little too safe.

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The Gentlemen

By Hannah Strong

After spending a decade in Hollywood, Guy Ritchie returns to his gangster roots with this all-star crime caper.

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The 20 best film posters of 2019

By Hannah Strong

From In Fabric to Portrait of a Lady on Fire, these are our favourite movie posters of the year.

Watch: An interview with Greta Gerwig and the cast of Little Women

By Hannah Strong

We chat with the director and stars Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh and Timothée Chalamet.

Cats

By Hannah Strong

Taylor Swift, TS Eliot and Digital Fur Technology combine to disastrous effect in this feline musical folly.

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Here’s what we’re most excited to watch at Sundance 2020

By Hannah Strong

Dee Rees, Josephine Decker, Miranda July, and much, much more...

Uncut Gems

By Hannah Strong

Mr Sandman brings us a dream with his hypnotic turn as a fatalistic Jewish jeweller.

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Jumanji: The Next Level

By Hannah Strong

The gang gets a sequel... Danny DeVito and Awkwafina join the cast of this glossy fantasy adventure.

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Why the Sundance Film Festival should be top of your 2020 travel plans

By Hannah Strong

Set in the picturesque mountains of Utah, Sundance is a film lover’s paradise with a difference.

Lucy in the Sky

By Hannah Strong

Astronaut Natalie Portman struggles to adapt to life back on earth in Noah Hawley’s dull space drama.

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Honey Boy

By Hannah Strong

Shia LaBeouf plays his own father in this dramatised account of his own troubled childhood.

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Jennifer Kent: ‘This is the story that has played out around the world’

By Hannah Strong

The Australian writer/director on why her brutal new film The Nightingale is about love, not hate.

The Report

By Hannah Strong

Scott Z Burns’ vital political drama investigates the CIA’s post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program.

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LWLies 82: The Uncut Gems issue – On Sale Now!

By Hannah Strong

Enter Sandman... Our Nov/Dec issue celebrates the unrelenting vision of directors Josh and Benny Safdie.

The Aeronauts

By Hannah Strong

Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones play Victorian balloon enthusiasts in this uninspired historical drama.

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How the UK Jewish Film Festival expanded out east

By Hannah Strong

We meet UKJFF Head Programmer Nir Cohen who explains how he plans to reach new audiences.

The Beach Bum

By Hannah Strong

Harmony Korine and Matthew McConaughey hit the Florida Keys for a madcap slacker odyssey.

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Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen is the most incendiary show of 2019

By Hannah Strong

HBO’s remix of Alan Moore’s graphic novel is a strange, complicated beast – and all the better for it.

The Peanut Butter Falcon

By Hannah Strong

This sweet-natured, Tom Sawyer-esque tale of unlikely companionship has just enough charm to keep it going.

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Gemini Man

By Hannah Strong

Will Smith goes mano-a-mano with his younger self in director Ang Lee’s exhilarating action spectacle.

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The Last Tree

By Hannah Strong

Shola Amoo’s coming-of-age drama offers an important perspective on the black British experience.

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In praise of the hate-watch

By Hannah Strong

When it comes to prestige Oscar bait and misguided multimillion-dollar behemoths, sometimes it’s good to be bad.

Her Smell

By Hannah Strong

Elisabeth Moss is a punk-rock musician spinning out of control in Alex Ross Perry's latest.

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True History of the Kelly Gang – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Justin Kurzel adapts Peter Carey's 2000 fictionalised account of Austalia's infamous Kelly gang, with explosive results.

Lucy in the Sky – first look review

By Hannah Strong

A returning astronaut falls out of touch with reality in Noah Hawley's messy space drama.

Le Mans ’66 – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Christian Bale and Matt Damon banter and bicker their way through James Mangold's slick racing biopic.

Uncut Gems – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Adam Sandler is on the form of his life in this scintillating, heart-in-mouth study of a desperate New York jeweller.

Bad Education – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Hugh Jackman is rotten to the core in Corey Finley's biting black comedy about public school embezzlement.

Jojo Rabbit – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Taika Waititi plays an imaginary Adolf Hitler in this chronically soft-edged, wannabe satirical comedy.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Matthew Rhys and Tom Hanks are on top form in Marielle Heller's charming biographical drama about an American TV legend.

Waves – first look review

By Hannah Strong

This euphoric, music-powered family drama from Trey Edward Shults is a model of tenderness and heartbreak.

Seahorse

By Hannah Strong

A transgender man’s pregnancy is the subject of Jeanie Finlay’s tender, essential documentary.

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The Souvenir

By Hannah Strong

Joanna Hogg explores her own memories to create a fragile, fascinating portrait of romance in both bloom and decay.

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Sound of Metal – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Riz Ahmed is on career best mode in this sensitive portrait of a metal drummer losing his hearing.

The Personal History of David Copperfield – first look review

By Hannah Strong

A light and lovely Dickens adaptation with Dev Patel revealing his immense comic chops in the title role.

JT LeRoy

By Hannah Strong

Justin Kelly takes on the scandal that rocked the literary world in this starry but uninspired biopic.

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Opus Zero

By Hannah Strong

Willem Dafoe plays a composer who goes looking for answers in Mexico in this slow and meandering drama.

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Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

By Hannah Strong

Two titans of action cinema team up for an audacious blockbuster romp in this well-meaning franchise spin-off.

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Animals

By Hannah Strong

Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat star in this well-observed portrait of female friendship from Sophie Hyde.

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

By Hannah Strong

Stars and worlds collide as Quentin Tarantino serves up his most thoughtful and personal work to date.

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The Current War

By Hannah Strong

This star-studded retelling of the rivalry between electricity magnates Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse lacks dramatic spark.

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Take an exclusive first look at Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree

By Hannah Strong

The official trailer for the British writer/director’s semi-autobiographical drama is here.

The Dead Don’t Die

By Hannah Strong

A cast of Jim Jarmusch regulars attempt to ward off the zombie apocalypse in this allegorical horror-comedy.

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Midsommar

By Hannah Strong

Florence Pugh runs afoul of a Swedish cult in director Ari Aster’s toothless follow-up to Hereditary.

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Toy Story 4

By Hannah Strong

Woody, Buzz and co team up for one last time (probably) in a largely enjoyable sequel that sees Pixar retread old ground.

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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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Who Said That?! – A Teen Movie Pop Quiz with Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever

By Hannah Strong

Watch the Booksmart stars test their knowledge of classic teen movies.

Booksmart

By Hannah Strong

Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever shine in a Superbad-esque high school comedy to savour.

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Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite wins the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2019

By Hannah Strong

The South Korean director’s social satire takes top honours among a mixed bag of winners at this year’s festival.

Sibyl – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Adèle Exarchopoulos and Virginie Efira star in this trite psychodrama from writer/director Justine Triet.

Matthias & Maxime – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Xavier Dolan returns to his Québécois roots in this soulful ballad about male friendship and unspoken desire.

Parasite – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Bong Joon-ho is back with a dark, spiky and hilarious social satire about the seductive nature of greed.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Quentin Tarantino knocks it out of the park with this personal love letter to LA, in all its dirty sexy glory.

Too Old to Die Young – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Episodes four and five of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Amazon series are filled with seedy, neon-soaked promise.

Atlantique – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Mati Diop’s accomplished first feature blends social commentary and magical realism in present-day Dakar.

The Dead Don’t Die – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Jim Jarmusch takes aim at the ills of capitalism in this star-studded smalltown zombie comedy.

Destination Wedding

By Hannah Strong

Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder make a compelling pairing in this misanthropic romantic comedy.

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Josephine Decker: ‘I was afraid of showing mental illness on screen’

By Hannah Strong

The emotional collateral of acting is the subject of Madeline’s Madeline, a unique new film by this exciting writer/director.

Robert Pattinson: ‘There’s Something very sensual about the way Claire shoots’

By Hannah Strong

The British actor talks us through his chameleonic career, and explains why he worships at the altar of Claire Denis.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

By Hannah Strong

Ryan Reynolds voices everyone’s favourite electric yellow rodent in this fun, fast-paced murder mystery.

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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

By Hannah Strong

This controversial Ted Bundy biopic starring Zac Efron only scratches the surface of its subject.

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Avengers: Endgame

By Hannah Strong

The stars align one final time in this emotional and fitting finale to the Avengers saga.

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Eighth Grade’s Bo Burnham and Elsie Fisher on tackling teenage anxiety

By Hannah Strong

We slide into the DMs of the director and star of the year’s must-see middle school movie.

Dragged Across Concrete

By Hannah Strong

Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn play a pair of corrupt cops in S Craig Zahler’s ultraviolent latest.

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The first trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is here

By Hannah Strong

Rey, Finn and Poe are back in action for the final installment in the Star Wars Skywalker trilogy.

The Sisters Brothers

By Hannah Strong

Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly saddle up for director Jacques Audiard’s lighthearted western.

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Dumbo

By Hannah Strong

Tim Burton’s overstuffed and underwhelming sideshow act lacks a sense of wonder.

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At Eternity’s Gate

By Hannah Strong

Despite a fine turn from Willem Dafoe, Julian Schnabel’s Vincent van Gogh biopic is a messy affair.

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Watch an exclusive new trailer for Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road

By Hannah Strong

This darkly funny tale announces its creator as a major comedic talent.

How I broke into the film industry: Five women share their stories

By Hannah Strong

Indispensable first-hand advice for International Women’s Day 2019.

Triple Frontier

By Hannah Strong

JC Chandor’s South American action-thriller boasts a stellar cast, but it’s all brawn and no brains.

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10 years on, Watchmen remains a vital comic book adaptation

By Hannah Strong

Zack Snyder’s ambitious and divisive take on Alan Moore’s graphic novel deserves a second look.

Captain Marvel

By Hannah Strong

Brie Larson is great as Carol Danvers, but we’d hoped for slightly more from Marvel’s first female solo superhero movie.

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Hannah

By Hannah Strong

Charlotte Rampling delivers a remarkable performance in this melancholy study of grief.

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On the Basis of Sex

By Hannah Strong

Felicity Jones takes on the mantle of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this earnest but toothless biopic.

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Big Time Adolescence – first look review

By Hannah Strong

SNL’s Pete Davidson puts in a star-making turn in this suburban coming-of-ager from writer/director Jason Orley.

Velvet Buzzsaw

By Hannah Strong

Dan Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo reunite for a bizarre mystery horror set in LA’s fine art scene.

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The Report – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Adam Driver investigates the CIA’s conduct post-9/11 in this gripping political drama.

The Souvenir – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Joanna Hogg delves into her own past in this wickedly mysterious romantic drama starring Honor Swinton-Byrne.

The Last Tree – first look review

By Hannah Strong

There’s a touch of Moonlight about Shola Amoo’s engaging second feature about young British-Nigerian boy.

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Zac Efron gives the performance of his career in a film which only scratches the surface of its subject.

The Nightingale – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Jennifer Kent follows up The Babadook with a devastating interrogation of Australia’s dark past.

Native Son – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders stars in this contemporary adaptation of Richard Wright’s 1938 novel.

Untouchable – first look review

By Hannah Strong

This urgent Harvey Weinstein documentary seeks to get to the root of our culture of sexual abuse.

Honey Boy – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Shia LaBeouf plays his own father in this frank exploration of his experiences as a child star.

Vice

By Hannah Strong

Adam McKay’s played-for-laughs portrait of former VP Dick Cheney strays into Bond villain parody.

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Glass

By Hannah Strong

M Night Shyamalan gets the gang back together for the bizarre finale to his “Eastrail 177 Trilogy”.

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An open letter to Jason Reitman

By Hannah Strong

A message to the American filmmaker, who’s set to follow in his father’s footsteps with a newly announced Ghostbusters sequel.

Steve Carell: ‘I don’t think about comedy and drama as separate genres’

By Hannah Strong

From office buffoon to father of a teenage drug addict, the American actor is a veritable screen all-rounder.

Beautiful Boy

By Hannah Strong

Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet play a father and son pushed to the edge in this tender drug addiction drama.

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Life Itself

By Hannah Strong

Dan Fogelman’s starry New York soap opera is a staggering waste of talent and money.

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20 TV shows to look forward to in 2019

By Hannah Strong

New shows from Ava DuVernay and Damien Chazelle are set to grace the small screen this year.

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

By Hannah Strong

A family gathering to ring in the new year spells trouble in the latest from Ben Wheatley.

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The 20 best film posters of 2018

By Hannah Strong

From Skate Kitchen to Shoplifters, check out our favourite pieces of movie artwork from this year.

Bird Box

By Hannah Strong

Sandra Bullock tries her best in this largely generic apocalypse thriller about a mass sight-loss epidemic.

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Papillon

By Hannah Strong

Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek team up for this unnecessary retelling of the Steve McQueen classic.

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The Old Man & the Gun

By Hannah Strong

Robert Redford plays an ageing gentleman bankrobber in this glorious throwback to his ’70s pomp.

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Boots Riley: ‘Creating racist tropes about black folks is how those in power lie’

By Hannah Strong

Human resources’ worst nightmare talks about his surreal ode to collectivised action, Sorry to Bother You.

The future of cinema, according to Martin Scorsese

By Hannah Strong

At a recent masterclass in Marrakech, the legendary American director expressed concerns over where the industry is heading.

Ralph Breaks the Internet

By Hannah Strong

There’s charm to spare in Disney’s follow-up to Wreck-It Ralph, but it still feels like a cynical cash-grab.

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Assassination Nation

By Hannah Strong

Sam levinson’s satirical teen thriller about an IRL witchhunt leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.

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The Girl in the Spider’s Web

By Hannah Strong

Lisbeth Salander is back – with a new cast and a new director – in this weak attempt to revive the Dragon Tattoo franchise.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

By Hannah Strong

The Harry Potter spin-off franchise continues with Eddie Redmayne’s magical zoologist getting caught up in a potential race war.

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

By Hannah Strong

Filmmaker Morgan Neville provides a thoughtful examination of American television legend Fred Rogers.

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Paul Dano: ‘When I gave the first draft to Zoe, she pretty much tore it apart’

By Hannah Strong

The long-time actor, first-time director sits down with us to talk about his sublime debut feature, Wildlife.

Wildlife

By Hannah Strong

Paul Dano makes his directorial debut with a poignant character study set in 1950s Montana.

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Widows

By Hannah Strong

Steve McQueen delivers the goods with a heist thriller about four women who take extreme measures to pay back a debt.

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Juliet, Naked

By Hannah Strong

A warring couples' interactions with a mysterious aged indie musician are the subject of Jesse Peretz' earnest Nick Hornby adaptation.

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Slaughterhouse Rulez

By Hannah Strong

A group of underdog students at an elite educational institution discover something sinister lurking beneath their hallowed school halls.

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Heaven can’t help a teenage witch in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

By Hannah Strong

Netflix puts a spooky twist on a ’90s TV staple for their latest Original series.

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot

By Hannah Strong

Gus Van Sant reunites with Joaquin Phoenix for an oddball comedy-drama about disability and addiction.

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Bohemian Rhapsody

By Hannah Strong

Freddie Mercury and Queen receive the long-awaited glossy biopic treatment courtesy of Bryan Singer.

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Utøya – July 22

By Hannah Strong

Norwegian director Erik Poppe dramatises the real-life mass shooting on the island of Utøya in this problematic thriller.

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Halloween

By Hannah Strong

David Gordon Green presents a John Carpenter-approved sequel to the slasher classic from 1978.

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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Ben Wheatley changes pace with this surprisingly wholesome family-based drama starring Neil Maskell.

Thunder Road – first look review

By Hannah Strong

A smalltown cop comes to terms with the death of his mother in Jim Cummings’ poignant study of grief.

22 July

By Hannah Strong

Paul Greengrass shows the action and aftermath of the 2011 Norway attacks in his latest terrorism-driven drama.

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Mandy

By Hannah Strong

Panos Cosmatos unleashes hell on Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough in this bloody, psychedelic headtrip.

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Columbus

By Hannah Strong

This absorbing debut feature from video essayist Kogonada explores the relationship between people and spaces.

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Two for Joy

By Hannah Strong

Samantha Morton plays a mother struggling with depression after the death of her husband in Tom Beard’s sensitive familial drama.

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Black 47

By Hannah Strong

Hugo Weaving and James Frecheville star in this grim period western set in 19th century Ireland.

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A Simple Favour

By Hannah Strong

Hollywood funny guy Paul Feig tries his hand at something a little different with this fizzy comedy thriller.

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The Little Stranger

By Hannah Strong

Despite an impressive cast, Lenny Abrahamson’s gothic ghost story never quite manages to deliver the desired chills.

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High Life – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Robert Pattinson gets flung into deep space in Claire Denis’ beguiling, exceptional English-language debut.

Hold the Dark – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Jeremy Saulnier continues his excellent run with this haunting Alaskan mystery thriller starring Jeffrey Wright and Riley Keough.

The Death and Life of John F Donovan – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Xavier Dolan’s overly earnest, star-packed drama concerns the untimely demise of an American TV idol.

If Beale Street Could Talk – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Barry Jenkins’ faithful adaptation of James Baldwin’s heartbreaking love story is pure cinematic poetry.

The Old Man & the Gun – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Hollywood icon Robert Redford plays a charming career criminal in his final ever screen performance.

Her Smell – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Elisabeth Moss is on showstopping form as a self-destructive punk singer in Alex Ross Perry’s manic mediation on fame.

Mid90s – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is a moving portrayal of adolescent isolation set within Los Angeles’ ’90s skating scene.

Can You Ever Forgive Me? – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Melissa McCarthy proves her dramatic chops as a literary forger in Marielle Heller’s follow-up to The Diary of a Teenage Girl.

Widows – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Steve McQueen turns his formidable filmmaking talent to the heist genre with impressive and passionate results.

Halloween – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Jamie Lee Curtis faces her old adversary once again in David Gordon Green’s thrilling John Carpenter-approved sequel.

The Front Runner – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Hugh Jackman makes headlines for all the wrong reasons in Jason Reitman’s biopic of would-be president Gary Hart.

In Fabric – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Peter Strickland spins a yarn about a very literal phantom thread in his most audacious and bizarre film to date.

Beautiful Boy – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Timothée Chalamet delivers a heartbreaking turn as a meth addict struggling with relapse and rehabilitation.

The Sisters Brothers – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly play gunslinging siblings in Jacques Audiard’s warm-hearted western adventure.

Barry Keoghan: ‘Acting is therapeutic, but it also messes with your head’

By Hannah Strong

The Irish rising star talks American Animals, shoplifting and how playing a certain type of character can lead to having weird dreams on set.

John Gallagher Jr: ‘There’s an obligation to tell these stories’

By Hannah Strong

The US film and television actor discusses playing a conversion therapy pastor in Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

Puzzle

By Hannah Strong

Kelly Macdonald shines in this character study of a woman with a knack for problem-solving.

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post

By Hannah Strong

Desiree Akhavan presents a confident, heartbreaking portrait of life inside a Christian conversion therapy camp.

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Action Point

By Hannah Strong

Johnny Knoxville plays a theme park entrepreneur with no regard for customer safety in this well-meaning but ultimately uninspired comedy.

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The Happytime Murders

By Hannah Strong

A puppet detective investigates a series of brutal murders in this underwhelming comedy from Brian Henson.

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Unfriended: Dark Web

By Hannah Strong

A group of friends become embroiled in a sadistic internet game in the latest found footage phenomenon.

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The Meg

By Hannah Strong

Jason Statham squares off against a prehistoric behemoth in Jon Turteltaub’s silly and overcomplicated thriller.

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The Heiresses

By Hannah Strong

Ana Brun’s award-winning performance powers this empathetic portrait of Paraguayan elites.

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Brett Haley: ‘I do like The Backstreet Boys, I wanna put that on record’

By Hannah Strong

The director of Sundance hit Hearts Beat Loud talks about his favourite bands, Stephen Sondheim, and provides an impassioned defence of compilation soundtracks.

Hearts Beat Loud

By Hannah Strong

A single father and his teenage daughter form a band in Brett Haley’s sweet comedy.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp

By Hannah Strong

Marvel checks in with their most diminutive hero in this entertaining Infinity War Part Two pit-stop.

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High Life, If Beale Street Could Talk confirmed for 2018 Toronto Film Festival

By Hannah Strong

Claire Denis and Barry Jenkins will present their latest work when the festival kicks off on 6 September.

Hotel Artemis

By Hannah Strong

Jodie Foster runs a hospital for criminals in director Drew Pearce’s zany futuristic neo-noir.

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Generation Wealth

By Hannah Strong

Lauren Green field surveys the influence of affluence in this captivating documentary.

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The power of painful stories in Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette

By Hannah Strong

In her new Netflix special, the Australian comic refuses to play by the rules of stand-up comedy.

Eighth Grade

By Hannah Strong

Comedian Bo Burnham presents an intimate and engaging portrait of modern teenage life.

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Skyscraper

By Hannah Strong

Dwayne Johnson takes on terrorists in a towering inferno in this run-of-the-mill blockbuster.

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Steve McQueen’s Widows to open the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

By Hannah Strong

The festival’s 62nd edition kicks off with the international premiere of the British director’s fourth feature.

Racer and the Jailbird

By Hannah Strong

Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos couple up in this naff Belgian crime-drama.

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First Reformed

By Hannah Strong

A preacher struggles with a crisis of faith in Paul Schrader's mind-bending spiritual drama.

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Ideal Home

By Hannah Strong

Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play a gay couple in a cringeworthy comedy built on very weak foundations.

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Incredibles 2

By Hannah Strong

Family remains very much at the heart of Brad Bird and Pixar’s animated superhero sequel.

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Papillon – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek star in this serviceable but unnecessary remake of the classic prison camp drama.

Puzzle – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Kelly Macdonald plays a technophobe with a penchant for solving puzzles in a drama whose pieces don’t quite fit together.

The Piano (1993)

By Hannah Strong

Jane Campion’s achingly beautiful Palme d’Or-winning masterpiece receives a rerelease to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

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Hereditary

By Hannah Strong

A painful sense of impending dread fills every frame of Ari Aster’s searing cinematic debut.

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Toni Collette: ‘This film tackles the idea that it’s taboo to talk about grief’

By Hannah Strong

The star of Ari Aster’s Hereditary talks grief, audiobooks and why we should all go to the cinema more often.

A new study confirms that film critics are mostly white men

By Hannah Strong

Encouraging new voices from diverse backgrounds into a stagnant industry can only be a positive thing.

David Gordon Green’s Halloween gets a spooky first trailer

By Hannah Strong

Michael Myers is back to terrorise Jamie Lee Curtis in the sequel to John Carpenter’s horror classic.

Crises of faith and incredible women: What’s on at Sundance London 2018

By Hannah Strong

There’s lots to look forward to at Sundance’s annual London showcase.

The Tale provides a vital insight into historic sexual abuse

By Hannah Strong

Jennifer Fox’s autobiographical debut makes for harrowing but essential viewing.

‘It changed the whole look of American film’ – Remembering Midnight Cowboy

By Hannah Strong

Adam Holender and Michael Childers reflect on the making of this iconic New York movie.

10 things to see at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018

By Hannah Strong

Brie Larson’s directorial debut and a special focus on American female filmmakers are among the highlights of the 72nd EIFF.

Deadpool 2

By Hannah Strong

Ryan Reynolds’ merc with a mouth returns to the big screen for another instalment of X-rated antics.

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How to Talk to Girls at Parties

By Hannah Strong

John Cameron Mitchell returns to the director’s chair with a tale of teenage intergalactic romance.

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Revenge

By Hannah Strong

Coralie Fargeat’s debut feature strives to reframe the rape-revenge subgenre but misses the mark by a considerable margin.

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Why I love Mark Ruffalo’s performance in Zodiac

By Hannah Strong

As beleaguered detective Dave Toschi, Ruffalo turns in arguably the finest turn of his career to date.

Tully

By Hannah Strong

Jason Reitman reunites with Diablo Cody and Charlize Theron for a frank exploration of motherhood.

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Avengers: Infinity War

By Hannah Strong

Marvel lays it all on the line in their pan-property pièce de résistance – a full-tilt triumph of blockbuster filmmaking.

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Jessie Buckley: ‘The intimacy that you create on set is crucial’

By Hannah Strong

A star-making turn in Beast is set to launch Irish actor Jessie Buckley into the stratosphere.

Beast

By Hannah Strong

Leads Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn are magnificent in this moody Jersey-set drama from Michael Pearce.

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Rampage

By Hannah Strong

Dwayne Johnson goes toe-to-toe with some genetically-altered giants in this silly and entertaining blockbuster.

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The Hurricane Heist

By Hannah Strong

A group of criminals attempt to carry off the sting of the century in Rob Cohen’s audacious action-thriller.

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Asghar Farhadi’s Everybody Knows to open the 71st Cannes Film Festival

By Hannah Strong

Everybody Knows is set for the coveted opening slot of the festival on 8 May.

Isle of Dogs

By Hannah Strong

A humongous creative undertaking and a simple love of dogs combine for the most staggering achievement of Wes Anderson’s career.

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Crowhurst

By Hannah Strong

Ill-fated sailor Donald Crowhurst gets a second biopic in as many years, this time from director Simon Rumley.

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Pacific Rim Uprising

By Hannah Strong

John Boyega gamely fills Idris Elba’s shoes in this madcap sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s shiny robot romp.

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A Wrinkle in Time

By Hannah Strong

For all its ambition and artistic vision, Ava DuVernay’s glossy YA fairy tale fails to deliver.

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An Isle of Dogs ramen bar is coming to London

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson’s new film is getting its very own food-themed pop-up exhibition.

The Square

By Hannah Strong

Ruben Östlund’s agreeably bizarre fifth feature is an art world satire of ambitious vision.

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You Were Never Really Here

By Hannah Strong

Joaquin Phoenix and director Lynne Ramsay combine forces to deliver a sensational cinematic sucker punch.

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Frances McDormand and Guillermo Del Toro were the 2018 Oscars MVPs

By Hannah Strong

The world was watching a little more closely last night as the first post-Weinstein Academy Awards took place.

Game Night

By Hannah Strong

Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams’ weekly board game night takes a turn for the worse in this playful action comedy.

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A Fantastic Woman

By Hannah Strong

A star is born in Sebastián Lelio’s drama about a trans woman coming to terms with the death of her partner.

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Generation Wealth – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Documentarian Lauren Greenfield speaks to the wealthy and the weary in this bold, personal meditation on money and obsession.

The Ice King

By Hannah Strong

James Erskine’s documentary delves into the life of revolutionary British skater John Curry.

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Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Gus Van Sant reunites with Joaquin Phoenix for an oddball comedy-drama about disability and addiction.

I, Tonya

By Hannah Strong

Margot Robbie shines in an engaging Tonya Harding biopic that doesn’t quite stick the landing.

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L’Animale – first look review

By Hannah Strong

A teenage girl on the cusp of adulthood begins to question what she wants out of life in this surprisingly nuanced Austrian drama.

U-July 22 – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Esteemed Norwegian director Erik Poppe dramatises the real-life mass shooting on the island of Utoya in this problematic thriller.

The Heiresses – first look review

By Hannah Strong

A sensitive portrait of a hesitant woman attempting to rediscover her lust for life makes for an assured feature debut from Marcelo Martinessi.

Eva – first look review

By Hannah Strong

A love affair between Isabelle Huppert and Gaspard Ulliel fails to ignite a spark in this predictable psychodrama.

Black 47 – first look review

By Hannah Strong

An Irish soldier exacts his revenge on those that have harmed his family in Lance Daly's bleak period thriller.

Gordon & Paddy – first look review

By Hannah Strong

This charming little Swedish film about a jaded old toad detective and his plucky young mouse assistant makes for cosy viewing.

The Happy Prince – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Rupert Everett dons three caps to write, direct and star in a dramatic imagining of Oscar Wilde’s untimely demise.

Damsel – first look review

By Hannah Strong

In their first feature-length directorial team-up, David and Nathan Zellner go west, with Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska in tow.

Isle of Dogs – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson takes audiences on a journey to Japan in his new stop-motion feature about a 12-year-old boy and his missing dog.

Black Panther

By Hannah Strong

Creed wunderkind Ryan Coogler takes the reigns to deliver Marvel’s best origin story since Iron Man.

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Richard Linklater wants your photos of 1960s Houston for his new film

By Hannah Strong

The Texan filmmaker is returning to his old stomping ground for a drama about the Apollo 11 mission.

Michael Haneke’s next project will be a dystopian television show

By Hannah Strong

The Austrian master is set to make his small screen debut with a 10-part English-language drama.

A B&B in Glasgow is showing Groundhog Day every day for a fortnight

By Hannah Strong

Harold Ramis’ 1993 comedy bears repeating as part of the 2018 Glasgow Film Festival.

The absurd brilliance of Chicken Run

By Hannah Strong

Aardman Animations’ first feature-length film is still poultry in motion.

Beyond Infinity: Lee Unkrich on the past, present and future of Pixar

By Hannah Strong

The co-director of Toy Story 2 and 3, Finding Nemo and Coco reflects on his two decades at the animation studio.

VOD has changed the way we watch movies. So what now?

By Hannah Strong

As streaming platforms vie with major film studios for viewers’ attention, great work is at risk of being lost in the content ether.

All the Money in the World

By Hannah Strong

Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg battle the might of an unfeeling empire in Ridley Scott’s latest.

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30 TV shows to look forward to in 2018

By Hannah Strong

From Black America to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, these are the small screen gems headed your way in 2018.

The 20 best new TV shows of 2017

By Hannah Strong

From American Gods to GLOW, we take a look at the brightest stars to grace the small screen this year.

Pitch Perfect 3

By Hannah Strong

The final film in Kay Cannon’s trilogy about a group of singing friends is more awk-apella than a cappella.

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

By Hannah Strong

Dwayne Johnson and co enter a virtual wilderness in the ’90s reboot nobody asked for.

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Shot Caller

By Hannah Strong

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau does hard time in Ric Roman Waugh’s woefully misjudged prison drama.

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Watch the first trailer for Clint Eastwood’s The 15:17 to Paris

By Hannah Strong

All aboard for the true story of a terrorist plot on a train – starring the men who actually lived it.

The 20 best film posters of 2017

By Hannah Strong

From Lady Bird to Logan, Baby Driver to The Beguiled, we look back on another year of movie marketing mastery.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

By Hannah Strong

Rian Johnson serves up the most spectacular, emotional and weirdest Star Wars film to date.

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The Disaster Artist

By Hannah Strong

It’s a Franco bros two-for-one in this madcap making-of yarn about Tommy Wiseau’s The Room.

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A 35mm Paul Thomas Anderson tour is coming to a cinema near you

By Hannah Strong

Experience some primo PTA on celluloid with screenings of Magnolia, There Will be Blood and more.

Isle of Dogs to open the 2018 Berlin Film Festival

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson and his canine crew are headed to the 68th Berlinale.

Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter is a pint-sized delight

By Hannah Strong

Studio Ghibli take their unique brand of anime magic to the small screen.

Christmas gift ideas for film lovers

By Hannah Strong

Put down the gift vouchers and step away from the socks, it’s time for our annual festive gift guide.

Tarantino’s ninth feature will be set in the summer of ’69

By Hannah Strong

It’s back to LA for QT as the writer/director’s next project begins to take shape.

Network at the National Theatre: taking the screen to the stage

By Hannah Strong

As Sidney Lumet’s seminal ’70s satire makes its way to the theatre, we ask is it just a load of sound and fury?

Justice League

By Hannah Strong

The latest film off the DC production line sees Batman and co team up to fight an ancient evil force, with underwhelming results.

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Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are eying a Lethal Weapon comeback

By Hannah Strong

Turns out they’re not too old for this sh*t after all...

What Sofia Coppola’s films taught me about being a teenage girl

By Hannah Strong

The Lisbon sisters helped me to understand my own awkward coming of age.

How Wes Anderson’s families helped me recover from the breakdown of my own

By Hannah Strong

The Whitmans, the Tenenbaums and others lifted my spirits at a time when it seemed nothing could.

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