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Cameraperson

By Matthew Eng

Kirsten Johnson’s visual autobiography is a striking and knowledgeable account of a life in film.

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Sing

By Manuela Lazic

Don’t miss this animated jukebox musical from Son of Rambow director Garth Jennings.

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The White King

By Dan Einav

Another dystopian sci-fi novel gets the big screen treatment with the help of Agyness Deyn and Jonathan Pryce.

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Christine

By Christina Newland

Rebecca Hall brings her A-game in this tragic, quietly stunning portrait of female depression.

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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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They Call Us Monsters

By Spencer Moleda

Three young offenders open up about their brutal crimes in this revealing documentary.

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Lion

By David Jenkins

Dev Patel plays a displaced orphan retracing his roots in Garth Davis’ sentimental drama.

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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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Goodfellas (1990)

By David Jenkins

In tandem with a full Scorsese retrospective, this beloved meatball opera is served up once more.

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T2 Trainspotting

By David Jenkins

They’ve decided to bring the band back together. They really shouldn’t have bothered.

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xXx: The Return of Xander Cage

By Elena Lazic

Vin Diesel is back as the world’s toughest, buffest secret agent. The results are thrilling and baffling in equal measure.

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Split

By Anton Bitel

James McAvoy is on spine-tingling form in this effective thriller from M Night Shyamalan.

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The Young Offenders

By Lena Hanafy

Director Peter Foott strikes comedy gold with this Irish coming-of-age story, as innovative as it is charming.

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Manchester by the Sea

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Casey Affleck delivers a career-best performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s stunning meditation on loss.

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Live by Night

By David Jenkins

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this sprawling, ambitious and flawed east coast gangster epic.

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La La Land

By Christina Newland

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are a match made in old-school movie heaven in this dazzling musical.

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Endless poetry

By Anton Bitel

Alejandro Jodorowsky embarks on a(nother) mad, metaphysical quest for identity.

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