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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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Green Room

By David Jenkins

There’s plenty to admire in Jeremy Saulnier’s follow up to Blue Ruin. But it’s not for the faint-hearted...

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I Saw the Light

By David Jenkins

Tom Hiddleston showcases his flexibility as a performer by slipping into the boots of country troubadour Hank Williams.

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Evolution

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This opaque, gorgeous mystery movie is Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s follow-up to 2004’s Innocence.

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Bad Neighbours 2

By Elena Lazic

A surprising entrant to that very exclusive club of movie sequels that are better than the original.

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Truman

By Henry Heffer

The great Ricardo Darin plays a man facing death – but what will become of his trusty mutt?

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These Final Hours

By Luke Channell

As armageddon looms, an Aussie father-to-be abandons his life in search of the bash to end them all.

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The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the two Eyes are Not Brothers

By David Jenkins

Ben Rivers returns with a blackly comic take on the ethics of filmmaking in another country.

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Florence Foster Jenkins

By David Jenkins

Stephen Frears parlays the fascinating story of this warbling songbird into a cosy, featherlight comedy.

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Knight of Cups

By David Jenkins

Terrence Malick continues to inspire awe with this transcendent tale of a man looking back to past loves.

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Special Correspondents

By David Jenkins

A ridiculous comedy film that may well rank as the lamest thing Ricky Gervais has put his name to.

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Hard Tide

By Adam Chapman

The British gangster thriller gets a much needed image makeover courtesy of Robert Osman and Nathanael Wiseman.

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