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Mr Burton review – elevated by a dynamic performance

by Lucy Peters

A gen­tle, fic­tion­alised for­ay into stage and screen leg­end Richard Burton’s Welsh childhood.

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Back to Black review – a pointlessly cruel hash of Amy’s life

by Rógan Graham

This mis­er­able biopic claims to cel­e­brate the life and music of Amy Wine­house, but instead serves as a ghoul­ish encap­su­la­tion of every­thing wrong with the music indus­try and fame machine.

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Let Him Go

by Leslie Byron Pitt

Kevin Cost­ner and Diane Lane ven­ture across state lines in search of their grand­son in this slow-burn western.

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Two people, a man and a woman, standing near a window overlooking a landscape. The woman is wearing a burgundy dress and the man is wearing a green coat.
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Phantom Thread

by David Jenkins

Paul Thomas Anderson’s lat­est is a swoon­ing, masochis­tic love sto­ry set in mid-cen­tu­ry Lon­don. It might just be his best film…

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Another Year

by Jonathan Crocker

Mike leigh returns with a qui­et­ly bril­liant por­trait of a mid­dle-aged relationship.

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