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Three Thousand Years of Longing

By Catherine Bray

Mad Max director George Miller returns to the big screen with an adaptation of modern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.

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Beast

By Esther Rosenfield

Idris Elba is a father menaced by a killer lion in this capable but slight thriller.

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Three Thousand Years of Longing – first-look review

By Catherine Bray

George Miller returns to our screens with an ambitious tale of desire and magic featuring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

By David Jenkins

Dashed-off sequel to the 2020 hit which makes the Chipmunks films look like Tarkovsky by comparison.

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The Harder They Fall

By Cheyenne Bunsie

Jeymes Samuel’s supremely violent revenge thriller is a bold and bloody reinvention of the movie western.

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The Harder They Fall – first-look review

By Cheyenne Bunsie

Jeymes Samuel’s star-studded revenge western boldly reframes cowboy mythology for a modern audience.

The Harder They Fall to open the 65th BFI London Film Festival

By Adam Woodward

Jeymes Samuel’s outlaw western will receive its world premiere at the festival in October.

The Suicide Squad

By Lillian Crawford

James Gunn doubles down on his crass brand of humour in this charmless, unfunny and facile franchise redo.

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The first trailer for The Harder They Fall revives the Black Western with style

By Charles Bramesco

Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield, Idris Elba, and Jonathan Majors star in the yarn of cowpokes and outlaws.

The first trailer for The Suicide Squad assembles a ragtag psycho crew

By Charles Bramesco

James Gunn reboots DC’s preeminent team of villains on the leash in a new adventure.

Meet the women tackling racism in UK film and TV

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nisha Parti and Indira Varma discuss their experiences in the industry, and why they’re optimistic for change.

Cats

By Hannah Strong

Taylor Swift, TS Eliot and Digital Fur Technology combine to disastrous effect in this feline musical folly.

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The first Cats trailer is here, all alone in the moonlight

By Charles Bramesco

Take a first look at Taylor Swift and co in Tom Hooper’s musical adaptation – “digital fur technology” and all.

Hobbs and Shaw gets a testosterone-fuelled first trailer

By Charles Bramesco

Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham join forces in the Fast & Furious spin-off.

Yardie

By Christina Newland

Idris Elba makes his directorial debut with a partial adaptation of Victor Headley’s cult 1992 novel.

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The fascinating etymology behind Guillermo del Toro’s character names

By Nicholas Russell

The Mexican filmmaker’s work is loaded with religious symbolism.

Molly’s Game

By Manuela Lazic

Jessica Chastain plays real-life high roller Molly Bloom in this goofy gambling drama from Aaron Sorkin.

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