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Motherless Brooklyn

By Adam Woodward

Edward Norton directs and stars in this patchwork New York noir about a Tourette-suffering private eye.

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The Street

By Maria Nae

Photographer Zed Nelson documents the changes to one street in East London over a four-year period.

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Shooting the Mafia

By David Jenkins

Kim Longinotto’s latest documentary offers a stark, deromanticised look at the Sicilian Mafia.

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Knives Out

By David Jenkins

Rian Johnson does his best Agatha Christie impression in this riotous, star-packed homage to the classic whodunnit.

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Atlantics

By David Jenkins

Mati Diop announces herself as a major new talent with this Gothic-tinged romantic mystery.

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The Nightingale

By Elena Lazic

Jennifer Kent follows up The Babadook with a gruelling yet vital portrait of colonialism in 19th century Tasmania.

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Little Women

By David Jenkins

Greta Gerwig delivers one of the great modern literary adaptations with her second feature as writer/director.

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Promare

By Kambole Campbell

Pyrokinetic mutants, shirtless firefighters and eco-fascists collide in the first feature film from Studio Trigger.

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The Two Popes

By Charles Bramesco

Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce give an acting masterclass in Fernando Meirelles’ Papal tête-à-tête.

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Permission

By Maria Nae

A female indoor football player tackles her patriarchal oppressors in Soheil Beiraghi’s compelling drama.

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Here for Life

By Glenn Heath Jr

Adrian Jackson and Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s experimental documentary gives a voice to East London’s artists.

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Ophelia

By Maria Nae

Daisy Ridley stars in this bold but ultimately confused melodramatic update of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’.

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Heimat is a Space in Time

By Matt Turner

German documentarian Thomas Heise examines his family history around the turn of the 20th century.

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Greener Grass

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Suburban soccer moms get the Stepford Wives treatment courtesy of directors Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe.

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Harriet

By Katie Goh

This origin story of an American hero, starring Cynthia Erivo, is rendered as a bland adventure yarn.

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Tommy (1975)

By BP Flanagan

Back in cinemas courtesy of the BFI, this adaptation of The Who’s rock opera is as wildly entertaining as ever.

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Judy & Punch

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Mia Wasikowska turns the tables on her male oppressor in this subversive take on the traditional marionette show.

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I Lost My Body

By Caitlin Quinlan

A severed hand searches for its body in Jérémy Clapin’s surprisingly poignant Parisian animation.

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