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An older man with a grey beard and weathered face, holding a handgun in a dimly lit room.
Review

Don’t Breathe

by Poppy Doran

Fede Alvarez serves up a genuinely chilling home invasion thriller from the very top drawer.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two men in suits sitting at a table, lit by a lamp, in a wood-panelled room.
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Anthropoid

by Lauren Thompson

Stick with this World War Two-set assassination thriller – a dull start gives way to a heart-racing climax.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people embracing and kissing in a forest, with autumn foliage visible in the background.
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The Blue Room

by David Jenkins

The always exceptional Mathieu Amalric directs and stars in this compelling literary noir.

3
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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two men, one with a camera, the other in a wheelchair, in a rocky desert landscape.
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Hell or High Water

by Manuela Lazic

Jeff Bridges gives his best performance in years in this timely crime caper from David Mackenzie.

3
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4
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4
In Retrospect
Group of young men, some smiling, seated around a table with chessboard and papers.
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years

by Ed Gibbs

The Fab Four’s meteoric rise from local grafters to global game-changers is relived in Ron Howard’s emotive doc.

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4
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4
In Retrospect
Two young women, one with blonde hair and the other with dark curly hair, leaning against a green metal grate in a serious expression.
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Los Sures

by Poppy Doran

This evocative 1984 doc about life in Williamsburg, New York, shows the extent of 21st century gentrification.

3
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4
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4
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman with blonde hair and a man with facial hair, standing close together in a garden setting.
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The 9th Life of Louis Drax

by Poppy Doran

The director of Horns returns with an equally jarring genre mash-up movie based on a bestselling fantasy novel.

3
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2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Colourful cartoon characters in a lively nightclub setting, with a smiling hot dog and a female figure with exaggerated eyelashes.
Review

Sausage Party

by Adam Woodward

It’s the animated, existentially-inclined talking junk food comedy the world has been waiting for.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Group of armed men standing near military vehicles in a desert setting.
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Jim: The James Foley Story

by Catherine Karellis

Seek out this troubling study of a man who sacrificed his life to take pictures in highly dangerous locations.

3
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4
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4
In Retrospect
A woman with auburn hair, wearing a white blouse, gazes intently at the camera against a blurred natural backdrop.
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Café Society

by David Jenkins

Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg lay on the old-school charm in Woody Allen’s Golden Age Hollywood satire.

4
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3
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3
In Retrospect