Comedy

Space Jam: A New Legacy

By Rógan Graham

This bloated reboot of the hit ’90s cartoon crossover is little more than a cynical exercise in brand synergy.

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Deerskin

By David Jenkins

Jean Dujardin becomes dangerously obsessed with a deerskin jacket in Quentin Dupieux’s slighter-than-slight comedy.

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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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Another Round

By Ella Kemp

Mads Mikkelsen and director Thomas Vinterberg continue their midlife crisis odyssey in rousing fashion.

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French Exit

By Charles Bramesco

This dour transatlantic farce about a widowed New York socialite who relocates to Paris is a lesser literary adaptation.

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Nashville (1975)

By Glenn Heath Jr

Robert Altman’s show-stopping musical mosaic returns to UK cinemas in a sparkling new 4K restoration.

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The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

By David Jenkins

This dire action-comedy feels like it was thrown together with a minimum of care and attention.

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Luca

By Kambole Campbell

Pixar’s fish-out-of-water fable on the Italian Riviera takes its cues from vivid imagination of Studio Ghibli.

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Shiva Baby

By Flora Spencer Grant

Rachel Sennott gives a standout performance in this anxiety-inducing comedy set at a Jewish wake.

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Frankie

By Laura Venning

Writer/director Ira Sachs misses a trick with this ambling family drama set in a picturesque Portuguese town.

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Dinner in America

By Lou Thomas

Punk provocateur Adam Rehmeier surveys America’s putrefying suburbs in this unconventional coming-of-ager.

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Rare Beasts

By David Jenkins

This provocative, heart-on-sleeve romantic drama from Billie Piper marks the arrival of a serious filmmaking talent.

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Black Bear

By Ben Nicholson

Aubrey Plaza plays an indie filmmaker who seeks inspiration at a lake house retreat in this ambiguous slow-burner.

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I Blame Society

By Josh Slater-Williams

A filmmaker turns serial killer in this lively meta mockumentary from writer/director Gillian Wallace Horvat.

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Bad Trip

By Charles Bramesco

Eric André spins his tried-and-trusted brand of hidden-camera humour into a feature-length buddy comedy.

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The Columnist

By Anton Bitel

This blood-lashed black comedy takes aim at rightist trolls as it explores the limits of free speech.

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Coming 2 America

By Silva Chege

The sequel that nobody wanted even fails to deliver the one thing that could have been asked of it: humour.

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