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Velvet Buzzsaw

By Hannah Strong

Dan Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo reunite for a bizarre mystery horror set in LA’s fine art scene.

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Destroyer

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nicole Kidman suffers through prosthetics and a patchy script in Karyn Kusama’s detective noir.

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Glass

By Hannah Strong

M Night Shyamalan gets the gang back together for the bizarre finale to his “Eastrail 177 Trilogy”.

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Laura (1944)

By Matt Thrift

A new Blu-ray edition provides an opportunity to revisit Otto Preminger’s slyly subversive noir masterpiece.

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The Mule

By Mark Asch

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this outstanding American road movie about an ageing drug runner.

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Meteors

By Thomas Nguyen

Turkish filmmaker Gürcan Keltek uses a meteor shower as a metaphor for human conflict in this docu-fiction hybrid.

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The Workshop

By Trevor Johnston

Writer Robin Campillo and director Laurent Cantet team up for this slight exercise in social commentary.

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Overlord

By Anton Bitel

Two US soldiers make a surprising discovery behind enemy lines in this World War Two horror from Julius Avery.

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Bad Times at the El Royale

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Seven strangers convene in a run-down Lake Tahoe hotel in Drew Goddard’s enjoyably pulpy ensemble mystery.

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Apostle

By Andy Crump

Dan Stevens has a run in with a religious cult in this dread-filled folk horror from The Raid director Gareth Evans.

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A Simple Favour

By Hannah Strong

Hollywood funny guy Paul Feig tries his hand at something a little different with this fizzy comedy thriller.

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The Little Stranger

By Hannah Strong

Despite an impressive cast, Lenny Abrahamson’s gothic ghost story never quite manages to deliver the desired chills.

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Hereditary

By Hannah Strong

A painful sense of impending dread fills every frame of Ari Aster’s searing cinematic debut.

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A Gentle Creature

By David Jenkins

Russia's Sergei Loznita offers a damning critique of his homeland with this epically joyless road movie.

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Wonderstruck

By Anton Bitel

Todd Haynes’ wistful adaptation of Brian Selznick’s novel is a tad too saccharine for its own good.

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The Third Murder

By Tom Huddleston

Don’t miss this forensically constructed murder story from Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda.

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The Mercy

By David Jenkins

Colin Firth heads for the open ocean in this mysterious drama from British writer/director James Marsh.

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