Crime

True History of the Kelly Gang

By Adam Woodward

Justin Kurzel’s bold reimagining of the life and crimes of Ned Kelly is a gross misfire.

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First Love

By Anton Bitel

A young romance blooms one wild night in Tokyo in director Takashi Miike’s high-energy caper.

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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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Queen & Slim

By David Jenkins

Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith are lovers on the run in Melina Matsoukas’ clumsy crime drama.

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Bad Boys for Life

By Adam Woodward

This is not a review of Bad Boys for Life. This is a requiem for Bad Boys.

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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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Uncut Gems

By Hannah Strong

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

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Motherless Brooklyn

By Adam Woodward

Edward Norton directs and stars in this patchwork New York noir about a Tourette-suffering private eye.

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Knives Out

By David Jenkins

Rian Johnson does his best Agatha Christie impression in this riotous, star-packed homage to the classic whodunnit.

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Judy & Punch

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Mia Wasikowska turns the tables on her male oppressor in this subversive take on the traditional marionette show.

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21 Bridges

By David Jenkins

This exceptionally poor cop thriller starring Chadwick Boseman prizes leery violence over basic coherence.

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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

By Michael Leader

Fists and bullets fly in this amped-up, consistently entertaining action thriller from Korea’s Lee Won-tae.

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The Irishman

By Adam Woodward

A de-aged Robert De Niro takes centre stage in Martin Scorsese’s muscular, melancholy mob drama.

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Earthquake Bird

By Josh Slater-Williams

Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough flounder in tepid psychosexual thriller, based on the Susanna Jones novel.

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By the Grace of God

By Phil Concannon

François Ozon serves up his answer to Spotlight in this sobering study of sexual abuse in the Catholic church.

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Joker

By David Jenkins

Todd Phillips’ supervillain origin story strains so hard for seriousness and relevance that it cracks into a million pieces.

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