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Foxcatcher

By Adam Woodward

Muscular machismo and misplaced American pride combine in this intense drama with Steve Carell and Channing Tatum.

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National Gallery

By Mark Asch

One of cinema’s Old Masters returns with this poetic and profound dissection of art and storytelling.

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Into the Woods

By Adam Woodward

A sing-a-long review of this delightful screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical.

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The Last of the Unjust

By Jordan Cronk

Claude Lanzmann’s devastating appendix to his epochal Holocaust documentary, Shoah, is a vital piece of cinema.

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The Theory of Everything

By Simran Hans

Love is the key in this stylish, slightly fusty rendering of the courtship between Stephen Hawking and his first wife, Jane.

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Birdman

By Adam Woodward

Michael Keaton soars in director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s triumphant return to form.

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Enemy

By David Jenkins

Jake Gyllenhaal sees his double and enters a vortex of wanton weirdness in this cold, experimental drama.

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Big Eyes

By David Jenkins

Tim Burton misses subtextual tricks in this colourful biopic of American kitsch artist, Margaret Keane.

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Guys and Dolls (1955)

By Adam Woodward

Jean Simmons outshines Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando in this witty, all-singing all-dancing MGM classic.

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Kon-Tiki

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

An enjoyable men-at-sea adventure yarn that falls short of capturing the drama of its true story Scandinavian source.

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Unbroken

By David Ehrlich

Angelina Jolie takes to the director’s chair and is overwhelmed by her deity-like subject in this glossy, unexceptional awards-baiter.

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Electricity

By Luke Channell

Agyness Deyn confirms her leading lady credentials in this innovative and poetic Brit drama about the trials of living with epilepsy.

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Manakamana

By David Jenkins

One of 2014’s best films comprises of 11 long takes from inside a Nepalese cable car.

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St Vincent

By David Jenkins

Bill Murray plays Scrooge (again) in this sunny, (mildly) funny paean to the meaning of modern sainthood.

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Black Sea

By David Jenkins

This old-school, undersea chiller starring Jude Law offers a sophisticated and moving exploration into the evils of greed.

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

By David Jenkins

Is Stanley Kubrick’s seminal 1968 sci-fi really the space opera to end all space operas?

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Kajaki: The True Story

By Adam Woodward

This suspenseful drama authentically reconstructs a disastrous rescue mission during the Afghan conflict.

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Concerning Violence

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A timely and powerful exploration into the history of uprising in Africa as seen through the eyes of white liberals.

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