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The Beguiled

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

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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.

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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.

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Alone in Berlin

By David Jenkins

A grieving couple decide to take on the Nazis in this drab wartime thriller that’s noticeably short on thrills.

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Daughters of the Dust (1991)

By David Jenkins

Julie Dash’s dreamy debut feature is back in cinemas in time for its 25th anniversary.

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Frantz

By Amy Bowker

A dour monochrome melodrama is the latest from genre-hopping French workhorse, François Ozon.

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The Promise

By Sophie Wyatt

Hotel Rwanda’s Terry George returns with a colourful historical portrait of the Armenian Genocide.

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The Zookeeper’s Wife

By Manuela Lazic

They bought a zoo, and now the Nazis want it. Jessica Chastain stars in this soft-edged wartime drama.

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Neruda

By Ben Nicholson

Pablo Larraín returns to his political roots with a fascinating biopic of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

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Viceroy’s House

By David Jenkins

The dramatic story of Partition in India is rendered as a glossy, light comedy in this underwhelming effort from Gurinder Chadha.

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Denial

By Trevor Johnston

Rachel Weisz rails against Nazi apologists in this sturdy court room drama for the ‘post-truth’ age.

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Hacksaw Ridge

By David Jenkins

Mel Gibson delivers an intensely brutal war movie with an intriguing moral twist.

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Jackie

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A career-best Natalie Portman channels the spirit of former FLOTUS Jackie O in this ace biopic.

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Silence

By Trevor Johnston

Scorsese’s monolithic passion project finally arrives, and it’s a ripped straight from his spiritually devout heart.

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Snowden

By Adam Lee Davies

The celebrity NSA whistleblower gets the hagiography he (possibly) deserves care of Oliver Stone.

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The Birth of a Nation

By David Jenkins

Nate Parker’s much-hyped take on the life of revolutionary slave Nat Turner severely lacks for nuance.

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Allied

By David Jenkins

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard are lovers in the crosswind of war in this underwhelming romantic melodrama.

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