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Money Monster

By David Jenkins

Jodie Foster swings for the Wall Street fat cats and misses by miles in this thin thriller which premiered in Cannes.

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Chicken

By Elisa Adams

There’s a hint of fowl play in Joe Stephenson’s refreshingly bold study of a complex relationship.

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Romeo and Juliet (1968)

By Alex Chambers

Franco Zeffirelli’s traditional retelling of the most famous love story ever told is one for Shakespeare completists only.

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The Neon Demon

By Adam Woodward

Elle Fanning bares her soul in Nicolas Winding Refn’s beautiful dark twisted fantasy.

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Departure

By Mathilde Dumazet

Young male love comes to the fore in this moving coming-of-ager from first-time director Andrew Steggall.

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Heart of a Dog

By Glenn Heath Jr

It’s impossible not to be charmed by Laurie Anderson’s reflective canine essay film.

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Journey to the Shore

By David Jenkins

A ghost trapped in limbo accompanies us on a romantic road-trip, but only tedium ensues.

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Sing Street

By David Jenkins

Once director John Carney serves up a sugary crowd-pleaser that’s too soft-centred for its own good.

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X-Men: Apocalypse

By Adam Woodward

The third instalment in the rebooted comic book franchise is a colossal failure on every conceivable level.

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A Hologram for the King

By Henry Heffer

Tom Hanks plays a genial hologram salesman(!) who packs off to Saudi Arabia for a voyage of personal discovery.

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Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

By David Jenkins

The startling, bleakly poetic debut feature from one of the movie pantheon greats, Andrei Tarkovsky.

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

By Anton Bitel

There’s charm, humour and no shortage of strangeness in this radical rewriting of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale.

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Cabin Fever

By Henry Heffer

Unless you’re an Eli Roth completist, avoid this remake of the 2002 parasitic horror like the plague.

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Our Kind of Traitor

By David Jenkins

This Brit spy thriller starring Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris is a solid calling card for director Susanna White.

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Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

By Phil W Bayles

A mildly fascinating look at the Land Art movement that emerged in the US during the ’60s and ’70s.

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The Seventh Fire

By David Jenkins

An endless spiral of crime and punishment is the subject of this raw and rambling documentary.

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

By Henry Heffer

Tina Fey brings some light comic relief to the Afghanistan conflict in this cutting media commentary.

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Mustang

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

An extraordinary modern fairy tale about femininity and sisterhood from Turkey’s Deniz Gamze Ergüven.

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