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Two people in historical costumes on the steps of a grand baroque church.
Review

Cyrano

by Leila Latif

Joe Wright returns to his wheel­house with a big-screen musi­cal adap­ta­tion of Edmond Rostand’s Cyra­no de Bergerac.

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A woman behind metal bars, looking concerned and making a hand gesture.
Review

The Woman in the Window

by Charles Bramesco

Joe Wright serves up a tepid slice of Hitch­cock­ian sus­pense, with Amy Adams as a para­noid agoraphobe.

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A mature man in a suit and glasses holding a cigar in a dimly lit room.
Review

Darkest Hour

by Trevor Johnston

Gary Old­man is on career-best form in this stan­dard issue Win­ston Churchill biopic from direc­tor Joe Wright.

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Two men in dark, brooding attire standing in a shadowy, dimly lit room.
Review

Pan

by Clarisse Loughrey

Cul­tur­al appro­pri­a­tion abound in Joe Wright’s iffy pre­quel to JM Barrie’s beloved children’s novel.

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A person in a fur-lined hood peering through a snowy forest, with bright blue eyes visible.
Review

Hanna

by Adam Woodward

Any intrigue estab­lished in Han­na is smoth­ered by a direc­tor unable to over­come his own art house ambitions.

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Two men, one in a colourful jacket and the other in a grey coat, shaking hands.
Review

The Soloist

by Lorien Haynes

A big bud­get pro­duc­tion sees direc­tor Joe Wright los­ing the reins on a film with some tru­ly dire metaphor­i­cal moments.

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Two people embracing by the sea
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Atonement

by Lorien Haynes

Joe Wright’s World War Two weepie is a near mas­ter­piece that only lacks the sub­stance of great performances.

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