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Sightseers

By Adam Woodward

The director of Kill List and Down Terrace returns with a camp comedy caper about pair of cagoule-sporting serial killers.

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

By Matt Thrift

Restored, re-released and resplendent. David Lean’s 1962 historical epic is back, and better than ever.

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Amour

By David Jenkins

A pair of astounding performances are the pillars that prop up Michael Haneke's formidable answer to the Hollywood weepie.

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Argo

By Ellen E Jones

Ben Affleck strays beyond Boston's city limits to direct this international espionage caper and gets a little lost.

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The Master

By Adam Woodward

Paul Thomas Anderson’s spiritual post-war love story will restore your faith in cinema.

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Rust and Bone

By Basia Lewandowska Cummings

Jacques Audiard shows us his little-seen feminine side in this eccentric, high-styled emo romance.

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Ginger & Rosa

By David Jenkins

Sally Potter returns with a jumbled but heartfelt examination of teenage death anxiety in ’60s London.

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Frankenweenie

By Adam Woodward

Tim Burton goes old-school with a monochromatic animated gem that’s sadly not of its time.

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On the Road

By Matt Bochenski

Walter Salles’ reverent adaptation of this American classic strikes a discordant note.

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Holy Motors

By David Jenkins

French enfant terrible Leos Carax finally comes good with this sublime and surreal ode to acting, moviemaking, Paris and the whole damn thing.

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To Rome with Love

By Andrew Schenker

Woody Allen follows up the biggest hit of his career with an exercise in smug mediocrity.

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About Elly

By Phil Concannon

The film that Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi made before A Separation gets a long-awaited UK release.

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Looper

By Matt Bochenski

Meet Looper, by a country mile the most resourceful, vivacious and savage science fiction movie of 2012.

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Tabu

By David Jenkins

This sublime Portuguese fantasia from director Miguel Gomes will likely feature heavily on best of year lists.

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The Queen of Versailles

By Andy Tweddle

Lauren Greenfield’s rag-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches doc is a potent and entertaining essay on consumer culture.

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Lawless

By Matt Bochenski

In his liquor-soaked Prohibition-era drama John Hillcoat offers an imperfect depiction of family, masculinity and authority.

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Dredd

By David Jenkins

Alex Garland takes another sweep at bringing the infamous 2000AD strip to the screen. The results are sensational.

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F for Fake (1973)

By David Jenkins

For his final trick, Orson Welles will deliver a fruity, funny film essay. And astonishing it is too!

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