Crime

Santosh review – carefully draws you into its dismal intrigue

By David Jenkins

Shahana Goswami stars as a widow who inherits her late husband’s police officer position in Sandhya Suri’s sharp fiction debut.

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The Alto Knights review – if it ain’t broke…

By Leila Latif

Robert De Niro does double duty as Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in Barry Levinson's surprisingly enjoyable gangster thriller.

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Marching Powder review – a proper, proper gaffe

By Adam Woodward

Nick Love and Danny Dyer are back with yet another boorish, small-minded take on the football hooligan genre.

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To A Land Unknown review – a brilliantly acted tale of moral complexity

By Marina Ashioti

Two Palestinian refugees navigate the seedy underbelly of Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s compelling fiction feature debut.

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The Order review – sadly prescient true life ’80s cop thriller

By Rafa Sales Ross

It’s cops versus Nazis in this old school policier from Justin Kurzel, powered by ace lead performances from Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult.

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The Crime is Mine review – Huppert steals the show

By Emily Maskell

François Ozon's first foray into crime comedy boasts bags of charm and a biting feminist edge.

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Joker: Folie à Deux review – a grim karaoke session

By Hannah Strong

Todd Phillips recruits Lady Gaga to his circus act as Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the crime-committing clown about town in this shockingly amateur musical effort.

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The Goldman Case review – a thumping courtroom drama

By David Jenkins

Cédric Kahn recreates the gripping 1976 trial of political activist Pierre Goldman in this immersive courtroom drama.

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Red Rooms review – a claustrophobic tech-tinged nightmare

By Hannah Strong

Pascal Plante's haunting drama examines the dark reality of the true crime industrial complex in elegant and austere fashion.

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Only the River Flows review – a spellbinding nightmare

By Josh Slater-Williams

A detective is haunted by a murder case he can't crack in Wei Shujun's unsettling crime drama.

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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review – generic cop flick falls flat

By David Jenkins

Eddie Murphy hits the nostalgia circuit with this depressing, algorithmic homage to the sparkling 1984 original.

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Kill review – a bumpy ride along parallel tracks of heroism and villainy

By Anton Bitel

A young man sets out to save his true love and ends up caught in a bloody battle aboard a train in Nikhil Nagesh Bhat's riotous actioner.

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MaXXXine review – it kinda suxxx

By David Jenkins

Mia Goth’s porn starlet cleans up her CV with a bloody vengeance in this underwhelming and overreaching horror threequel.

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The Bikeriders review – a slow but enveloping saga

By Rógan Graham

Jeff Nichols' drama based on Danny Lyon’s photobook about a 1960s Chicago motorcycle gang finally cruises into cinemas.

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Love Lies Bleeding review – hot, dirty, fast, combustible

By Hannah Strong

Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brien are on fire as star-crossed lovers who get into a sweaty mess in Rose Glass's lurid '80s throwback thriller.

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The Delinquents review – comic twist on classic crime saga

By David Jenkins

The worst criminals in the world find deeper meaning in their lives in this hilarious odyssey from Rodrigo Moreno.

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Drive-Away Dolls review – a future midnight screening staple

By Esther Rosenfield

Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in a delightfully daffy road movie, written by Ethan Coen and his wife Tricia Cooke.

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