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Review

Tom of Finland

by Adam Woodward

Pioneering queer artist Touko Laaksonen is the subject of this handsome, if slightly too cosy, biopic.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A person, likely a young child, standing in a dimly lit room, wearing a green shirt.
Review

A Ghost Story

by Adam Woodward

Rooney Mara feels a spectral presence in this elegant slow-burner from director David Lowery.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A person wearing a black coat and sitting on wooden steps in front of a blue building.
Review

Maudie

by David Jenkins

A fine performance from Sally Hawkins shores up this portrait of a tragic folk artist.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, crouching on a rocky, snowy terrain.
Review

Land of Mine

by Mark Allison

A group of German POWs are forced to dig up land mines in Martin Zandvliet’s war drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Woman in mint green dress by patterned wall.
Review

Hounds of Love

by Manuela Lazic

A gory, unexpectedly profound Aussie serial killer horror from actor-turned-director Ben Young.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man wearing military fatigues and holding a rifle while taking aim in a desert setting.
Review

The Wall

by Courteney Tan

Doug Liman returns with a war-based theatrical three-hander about an injured US soldier being tormented by an Iraqi sharpshooter.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Close-up of a diver's face underwater, wearing a diving mask and breathing apparatus, surrounded by a blue-green underwater environment.
Review

47 Metres Down

by Josh Howey

Mandy Moore takes on the terrors of the deep in this very silly (but very fun) shark-based survival thriller.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, browsing the aisles of a grocery store.
Review

The Big Sick

by Mike McCahill

Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan star in this winning rom-com based on personal experience.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Victim (1961)

by David Jenkins

A welcome re-release of Basil Dearden’s chilling survey of life as a gay man in London of the early ​’60s.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, wearing formal attire and standing in a lavish, ornate setting with a candelabra.
Review

The Beguiled

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sofia Coppola’s steamy Southern potboiler is her most arresting and assured movie to date.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect