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Review

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by David Jenkins

A wartime book group harbours a dark secret in this sparky British drama from director Mike Newell.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Mudbound

by David Jenkins

Two men return from war only to be confronted by racism in Dee Rees’ vital and sprawling American epic.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Unrest

by David Jenkins

Filmmaker Jennifer Brea lays herself bare in this fascinating study of chronic fatigue syndrome.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

The Death of Stalin

by David Jenkins

Armando Iannucci plays post-Stalinist power grabs for laughs in this chilling, frequently hilarious historical satire.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Victoria & Abdul

by Katherine McLaughlin

Judi Dench reprises her role as Queen Victoria in this touching study of later-life depression.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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
Review

Dunkirk

by Adam Woodward

Christopher Nolan’s breathtaking historical opus attempts to give the viewer a taste of what war actually feels like.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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
Review

The Death of Louis XIV

by David Jenkins

The great Jean-Pierre Leaud is at his comi-tragic best in this humanist portrait of a dying monarch.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

by Glenn Heath Jr

A new restoration of Ermanno Olmi’s epic and intimate Palme d’Or winner is not to be missed.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect

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