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Earthquake Bird

By Josh Slater-Williams

Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough flounder in tepid psychosexual thriller, based on the Susanna Jones novel.

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Doctor Sleep

By Anton Bitel

Ewan McGregor retreads familiar ground in this sequel to Stephen King’s (and Stanley Kubrick’s) The Shining.

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After the Wedding

By Caitlin Quinlan

Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams star in this gender-swapped remake of Susanne Bier’s 2006 drama.

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Sorry We Missed You

By Adam Woodward

Ken Loach doubles down on his kitchen-sink shtick in this heavy-handed indictment of Britain’s gig economy.

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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

By Greg Wetherall

Documentarian Midge Costin brings together some famous faces to toast the craft of sound design.

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By the Grace of God

By Phil Concannon

François Ozon serves up his answer to Spotlight in this sobering study of sexual abuse in the Catholic church.

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Terminator: Dark Fate

By Matt Thrift

New model, same result: Cameron, Schwarzenegger and Hamilton reunite for this serviceable belated sequel to T2.

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Chained for Life

By Josh Slater-Williams

Adam Pearson of Under the Skin fame takes centre stage in Aaron Schimberg’s smart meta comedy.

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Dolemite Is My Name

By Charles Bramesco

Eddie Murphy is back to his live-wire best in this funkadelic biography of Blaxploitation icon Rudy Ray Moore.

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The Last Black Man in San Francisco

By Elena Lazic

Bay Area native Jimmie Fails stars in this sentimental semi-autobiographical drama from director Joe Talbot.

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The Beach Bum

By Hannah Strong

Harmony Korine and Matthew McConaughey hit the Florida Keys for a madcap slacker odyssey.

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Monos

By Josh Slater-Williams

A group of teenage guerrillas enter the heart of darkness in Alejandro Landes’ mountaintop tour de force.

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The Laundromat

By David Jenkins

Stephen Soderbergh assembles an all-star cast to sift through the wreckage of the 2015 Panama Papers leak.

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Zombi Child

By Ella Kemp

A history lesson turns into a horror movie in Bertrand Bonello’s bold reclamation of the zombie legend.

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Zombieland: Double Tap

By David Jenkins

A tiresome folly that rejoins us with the characters of a mildly successful 2009 horror-comedy which absolutely no-one remembers.

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Mystify: Michael Hutchence

By Trevor Johnston

This tender portrait of the exuberant INXS frontman avoids tabloid hysteria in its search for a fragile soul.

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A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

By Trevor Johnston

Aardman’s woolly hero has an unexpected visitor in this warm-hearted stop-motion sequel.

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Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

By BP Flanagan

Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly’s timeless musical remains an effervescent, life-affirming wonder.

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