Reviews

Dog Eat Dog

By David Jenkins

Paul Schrader gets silly with a ’90s-inspired crime caper which prizes stoopid fun above all else.

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Francofonia

By David Jenkins

Russian director Alexander Sokurov takes a dance with the music of time in this moving plea for saving art.

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Revolution: New Art for a New World

By Rebecca Speare-Cole

This nifty doc explains how creative riches were born out of political tumult.

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The Innocents

By Poppy Doran

French director Anne Fontaine explores female persecution in this punishing but urgent period drama.

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Generation Revolution

By Caroline Middleton

This urgent documentary presents modern protest and activism in its many guises.

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American Pastoral

By Elena Lazic

Ewan McGregor shoots for the moon with his director debut, an adaptation of one of Philip Roth's best novels.

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Arrival

By Adam Woodward

Denis Villeneuve’s latest is the most low-key alien invasion drama you’ll ever see.

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Nocturnal Animals

By Manuela Lazic

Tom Ford’s long-awaited follow-up to A Single Man is a gorgeous, wild and wholly frustrating affair.

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Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny

By David Jenkins

There’s an intimate, insightful and original documentary about Richard Linklater out... And this isn’t it.

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A Street Cat Named Bob

By Elisa Adams

Bob the cat steals the show in this unapologetically feelgood festive drama.

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Peter and the Farm

By Matthew Eng

This warts and all doc casts a light on a truly compelling character: a raging, binge-drinking, eco-conscious farmer.

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The Accountant

By Manuela Lazic

Ben Affleck’s compelling low-key performance isn’t enough to save this by-the-numbers thriller.

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You’ve Been Trumped Too

By David Jenkins

Director Anthony Baxter takes an ineffectual swipe at potential world leader and heartless golf course builder, The Donald.

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The Light Between Oceans

By David Jenkins

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander get hit by a deluge of Emotion in Derek Cianfrance’s period melodrama.

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Girls Lost

By Lauren Thompson

Don’t miss this vital LGBT-themed coming-of-age drama from director Alexandra-Therese Keining.

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After Love

By Manuela Lazic

The bitter bureaucracy of a break up is rendered with delicacy by the Belgian director Joachim Lafosse.

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Starfish

By Mike Tsenti

The trauma of a loved one falling foul of illness is captured in this moving Brit indie.

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NG83 When We Were B Boys

By Poppy Doran

Ageing Nottingham-based breakdancers attempt to relive their glory days in this scrappy doc.

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