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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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The Unseen

By Anton Bitel

There’s shades of Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now in this twisty mystery thriller from writer/director Gary Sinyor.

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Suburbicon

By Ed Gibbs

George Clooney adds a dark directorial flourish to the Coen brothers’ tale of murder and moral panic in smalltown USA.

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Marjorie Prime

By Phil Concannon

Michael Almereyda writes and directs this absorbing sci-fi themed meditation on loss and memory.

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Murder on the Orient Express

By David Jenkins

The potency of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel shines through the glossy, high-camp screen adaptation.

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Thelma

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Joachim Trier returns with a bold sci-fi tinged romantic drama that may just leave you feeling cold.

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Jigsaw

By Elena Lazic

The Saw franchise is rebooted with a pair of hot horror directors behind the tiller. Unfortunately, it’s not enough.

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Base

By Ella Kemp

This strange and unsatisfying doc-fiction hybrid takes in the crazy world of BASE jumping.

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Wind River

By Elena Lazic

Sicario screenwriter Taylor Sheridan helms this icy crime drama set on a Native American reservation.

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Annabelle: Creation

By David Jenkins

This stripped-back haunted doll sequel racks up a few nice jump scares, but doesn’t manage much more than that.

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Atomic Blonde

By Matt Thrift

Charlize Theron blasts her way through Cold War-era Berlin in this glib actioner from John Wick’s David Leitch.

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