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A Working Man review – a dire, forgettable actioner

By Hannah Strong

Even Jason Statham looks bored by his latest hard man turn in Davey Ayer's uninspired adaptation of Chuck Dixon's novel Levon's Trade.

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La Cocina review – powered by Raúl Briones’ manic performance

By Hannah Strong

Tensions flare between front of house and kitchen staff in Alonso Ruizpalacios' Times Square restaurant-set drama.

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The End review – charming, apocalyptic musical melodrama

By Katherine McLaughlin

Joshua Oppenheimer returns with an ambitious, post-apocalyptic musical whose thematic flights of fancy are just a little too strident.

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Y2K review – as throwaway as a killer Tamagotchi

By Iona Mathieson

The millennium bug triggers a cyber-apocalypse in Kyle Mooney’s nostalgia-driven directorial debut.

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When Autumn Falls review – another year, another Ozon

By David Jenkins

This lightweight Chabrolian country drama from François Ozon sees an elderly retiree with a complex past trying to do right by her family.

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Dig! XX review – the original version is still the best

By David Jenkins

Ondi Timoner revisits her classic 2004 rock doc with an extended version that doesn’t add much to the greatness of the original.

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Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other review – a portrait of love and resilience

By Marina Ashioti

The beautiful, complex bond between acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz and writer/artist Maggie Barrett is the subject of this artful doc.

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Santosh review – carefully draws you into its dismal intrigue

By David Jenkins

Shahana Goswami stars as a widow who inherits her late husband’s police officer position in Sandhya Suri’s sharp fiction debut.

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The Alto Knights review – if it ain’t broke…

By Leila Latif

Robert De Niro does double duty as Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in Barry Levinson's surprisingly enjoyable gangster thriller.

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Flow review – cat’s entertainment

By Hannah Strong

A small grey cat embarks on a big adventure in Gints Zilbalodis' charming Oscar winner.

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All Happy Families review – a sweet reckoning with family strife

By David Jenkins

This well-mounted ensemble comedy sees a schlubby Josh Radnor forced to deal with a visit from his eccentric parents and brother.

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The Rule Of Jenny Pen review – a stand-out ageing horror

By Billie Walker

A former judge finds himself confined to a nursing home where a sinister puppet rules the roost in James Ashcroft's effective horror.

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Opus review – off-key pop industry satire misses all its cues

By David Jenkins

John Malkovich is an electro pop god with an axe to grind in this glossy music industry horror-satire by debut director Mark Anthony Green

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Sister Midnight review – a droll, strange, cool freak of a film

By Anton Bitel

Karan Kandhari’s film about a misanthropic newlywed giving into her feral impulses is an unpredictable, genre-bending delight.

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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found review – a vital piece of cine-portraiture

By Lucy Peters

Filmmaker Raoul Peck unearths the searing social realist photographs of an artist whose work was thought to be lost.

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On Falling review – Solidly-made slice of Loachian miserablism

By David Jenkins

The dire lot of a low-paid factory worker is the subject of this rigorous if hardly revelatory character study from debut director Laura Carreira.

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Marching Powder review – a proper, proper gaffe

By Adam Woodward

Nick Love and Danny Dyer are back with yet another boorish, small-minded take on the football hooligan genre.

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The Last Showgirl review – dreamy and low-key to a fault

By Mark Asch

Pamela Anderson excels as an over-the-hill Vegas showgirl seeing out her notice period in this low-key, vibey backstage drama from Gia Coppola.

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