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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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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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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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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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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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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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Review

The Secret of Marrowbone

by David Jenkins

Despite boast­ing a tal­ent­ed young cast, Ser­gio G Sánchez’s creepy cham­ber piece doesn’t add up to much.

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Review

Captain Fantastic

by David Jenkins

Vig­go Mortensen goes off-piste with mixed results in this home­ly fam­i­ly drama.

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Review

Pride

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Stranger-than-fic­tion events pow­er this affir­ma­tive, fun­ny and well-cast social dra­ma about solidarity.

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