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Close-up of a man singing and playing a guitar, with a microphone on his head and warm lighting.
Review

A Complete Unknown review – drips with hollow trivia

by David Jenkins

Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met plays music leg­end Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s lat­est, which appears total­ly unwill­ing to escape the vapid biopic formula.

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2
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Wavy blonde hair framing a serious expression.
Review

The Roads Not Taken

by Greg Wetherall

Javier Bar­dem and Elle Fan­ning star in writer/​director Sal­ly Potter’s mean­der­ing, mis­er­ab­list drama.

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2
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Three people in historical costumes in a lush green setting.
Review

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

by Elena Lazic

Angeli­na Jolie and co are back is this mud­dled and mis­guid­ed sequel to Disney’s invert­ed fairy tale.

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Young woman in long brown dress, sitting on a gravestone and reading a book.
Review

Mary Shelley

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Elle Fanning’s cen­tral per­for­mance aside, there’s lit­tle to stir the blood in this biopic from Wad­j­da direc­tor Haifaa Al-Mansour.

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Two individuals, a man and a woman, singing into a microphone together on stage in a dimly lit setting. The woman has blonde, wavy hair and is wearing a sparkling outfit, while the man has dark hair and is wearing a black outfit.
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties

by Hannah Strong

John Cameron Mitchell returns to the director’s chair with a tale of teenage inter­galac­tic romance.

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Two people, a man and a woman, sitting at a wooden table in a kitchen with a turquoise-coloured stove in the background.
Review

20th Century Women

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Annette Ben­ing anchors this delight­ful, deeply per­son­al com­e­dy-dra­ma from writer/​director Mike Mills

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4
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Man in hat and coat standing by wooden door.
Review

Live by Night

by David Jenkins

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this sprawl­ing, ambi­tious and flawed east coast gang­ster epic.

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Close-up of a woman's face against a vibrant red background. She has striking blue eye makeup and is wearing a black sequined garment.
Review

The Neon Demon

by Adam Woodward

Elle Fan­ning bares her soul in Nico­las Wind­ing Refn’s beau­ti­ful dark twist­ed fantasy.

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Enjoyment
5
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Two young women with reddish-brown hair sitting in a car
Review

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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Two people, a woman in a green jacket and a man in a black coat, walking together in a park with trees and fencing in the background.
Review

We Bought a Zoo

by Dan Stewart

The type of old-fash­ioned fam­i­ly enter­tain­ment that Gen­er­a­tion Xers would’ve tossed their stale bong water at.

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Two young women sitting at a cluttered table, one with a pensive expression.
Review

Super 8

by Matt Glasby

JJ Abrams deliv­ers big in this enthralling nos­tal­gia trip to small-town USA cir­ca the 1970s.

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4
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Two people relaxing on sun loungers outdoors, with palm trees in the background.
Review

Somewhere

by Elliot V Kotek

Some­where, curi­ous­ly and unfor­tu­nate­ly, seems des­tined to be quick­ly forgotten.

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