Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House.
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If you like action films, and you have your tongue firmly in your cheek, then you’ll probably like this.
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For its many strengths, the film may divide audiences with its chaotic, surreal final act.
Olivia Colman in a scene from Wicked Little Letters.
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The film is part soap opera about neighbourly conflict, part cosy teatime detective story. And it’s also a showcase for some delightful swearing – my area of expertise.
Signature Entertainment
Out of Darkness attempts at historical accuracy are a welcome surprise, and what’s more, it is fun to watch.
Sarah Enticknap/Bonsai Films
New Australian film The Rooster is a small character study of two fragile men, and a powerful examination of isolation and moving on.
Prime Video
While there is nothing particularly surprising in Five Blind Dates, it is nevertheless a really refreshing film.
A24
A harrowing portrayal of banal evil, a nuanced look at black fiction, a historically accurate TV series, a story about the power of love and a seriously cute exhibition.
Director Ava DuVernay filming in India.
Black Bear
I come from a Dalit background and I research Dalit representation in film. So I know first hand Origin’s importance to Dalit people.
Searchlight Pictures
A beautiful fantasy drama about grief and love and reclaiming the past.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.
Meaningful engagement with diverse writers is still a struggle for the publishing industry.
Christian Friedel as Höss.
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The film depicts the everyday life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family – yet, industrialised, genocidal violence moves along, continuously, in the background.
Danielle Brooks as Sofia and Fantasia Barrino as Celie.
Eli Ade/Warner Bros
This adaption of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel is an emotional yet joyful exploration of black womanhood in the early 20th century South.
Part of the poster for the new Mean Girls movie.
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The problem with the Mean Girls musical film is that it is a pastiche of a pastiche.
Yorgos Lanthimos/Searchlight Pictures
A film adapted from a radical piece of Scottish Literature, powerful dramatisations of abuse and miscarriages of justice and a game show about deception
A24
Sofia Coppola’s biopic is adapted from Priscilla Presley’s memoir and exposes the dark side of her marriage to Elvis Presley.
Benoît Magimel and Juliette Binoche in The Taste of Things.
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With meticulous attention to food and how it is prepared, the film’s plot embraces simplicity.
Aardman/Netflix
Dawn of the Nugget has appealing new characters, emotional depth and distinctly British humour.
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The Wrong Trousers introduced viewers to the endeavours of Feathers McGraw, a silent criminal mastermind penguin.
A scene from The Peasants.
Vertigo
An oil-painted instant cult classic, the Game Awards nominees and more.
Jagna and Boryna dancing in a scene from The Peasants.
Vertigo
The powerful beauty of The Peasants comes from the setting of the film against famous Polish and European paintings.