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Festivals

The End – first-look review

by Mark Asch

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

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In Retrospect
Two individuals in formal attire, a woman with curly hair in a green dress and a man in a tuxedo, standing together.
Review

The Beast review – a mind-boggling, sprawling romantic epic

by Hannah Strong

Across three time­lines, a pair of lovers find each oth­er again and again in Bertrand Bonel­lo’s ambi­tious, genre-defy­ing latest.

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In Retrospect
Two persons in a dimly lit room, faces lit by colourful lights, creating an intense, dramatic atmosphere.
Review

Femme review – an uninhibited, spikey portrait of revenge

by Emily Maskell

After being the vic­tim of a vio­lent homo­pho­bic attack, a young drag per­former sees an oppor­tu­ni­ty to get revenge on one of his tormentors.

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Two people in hooded jackets standing on a balcony, with a blue light visible behind them.
Review

I Came By

by David Jenkins

George MacK­ay plays a graf­fi­ti artist who uncov­ers a dark secret in Babak Anvar­i’s effec­tive – but dis­tract­ing­ly ugly – new thriller.

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Interviews

George MacKay: ‘I find the development of morality fascinating’

by Katie Goh

One of the UK’s most promis­ing young actors reveals how con­tem­po­rary pol­i­tics influ­enced his role in Munich: The Edge of War.
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Review

Munich: The Edge of War

by Josh Slater-Williams

Net­flix rings in the new year with an aus­tere World War Two espi­onage thriller from direc­tor Chris­t­ian Schwochow.

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Incoming

George MacKay staves off World War Two in the Munich: The Edge of War trailer

by Charles Bramesco

The lat­ter por­trays Neville Cham­ber­lain in this drama­ti­sa­tion of the 1938 Nazi appease­ment in Munich.
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Review

True History of the Kelly Gang

by Adam Woodward

Justin Kurzel’s bold reimag­in­ing of the life and crimes of Ned Kel­ly is a gross misfire.

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Review

1917

by Greg Wetherall

Sam Mendes’ grip­ping World War One dra­ma is light on plot but dis­plays plen­ty of tech­ni­cal panache.

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In Retrospect
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Festivals

True History of the Kelly Gang – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Justin Kurzel adapts Peter Carey’s 2000 fic­tion­alised account of Austal­i­a’s infa­mous Kel­ly gang, with explo­sive results.