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Suspiria – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Dako­ta John­son dances to an unfa­mil­iar beat in Luca Guadagnino’s sur­pris­ing­ly naff hor­ror remake.
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Peterloo – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Mike Leigh recruits a top-notch ensem­ble for this faith­ful reen­act­ment of the Peter­loo Massacre.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – first look review

by Adam Woodward

The Coen broth­ers are up to their old tricks in this colour­ful, dark­ly com­ic anthol­o­gy western.
Two musicians, a man with a beard and a woman, performing together with a guitar outdoors.
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A Star is Born – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Bradley Coop­er and Lady Gaga hit all the right notes in this update of the clas­sic Hol­ly­wood musical.
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Doubles Vies – first look review

by Tom Bond

Juli­ette Binoche and Guil­laume Canet pon­der mid­dle-age and the chang­ing fac­ing of book pub­lish­ing in Olivi­er Assayas’ intel­lec­tu­al drama.
Elaborate Victorian-style costumes and candlelight in dimly lit interior.
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The Favourite – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz vie for Olivia Colman’s affec­tions in this erot­ic 18th cen­tu­ry romp from Yor­gos Lanthimos.
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Roma – first look review

by David Jenkins

Alfon­so Cuarón deliv­ers his mas­ter­piece with this stun­ning social fres­co cen­tred on a house maid in 1970s Mex­i­co City.
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First Man – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Damien Chazelle’s tech­ni­cal­ly accom­plished Moon land­ing dra­ma, star­ring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, fails to achieve lift off.
Rolling hills covered in golden grass, with a person and dog standing in the foreground overlooking a herd of animals in the distance.
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The Coen brothers are heading to the 2018 Venice Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

Their fea­ture-length west­ern will screen in com­pe­ti­tion along­side new works from Luca Guadagni­no, Jen­nifer Kent and Alfon­so Cuarón.
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Damien Chazelle’s First Man to open the 2018 Venice Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

The writer/​director will be hop­ing to use the fes­ti­val as a launch­pad for next year’s Oscars.