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In this new biopic, David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) tries to find his identity as a musician in the years leading up to Ziggy Stardust. Marc Marron also stars

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Edward Hall's adaptation of Noël Coward's classic comedy opens up the story and provides a more modern touch. Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann and Judi Dench star

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In the long-awaited follow-up to 2017's Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins directs the 80s-inspired sequel. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Kristen Wiig star.

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Regina King's film debut examines the historic meeting between Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge)

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In Kornél Mundruzó's Netflix film Pieces of a Woman, Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf star as a couple recovering from a devastating loss.

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Our TV / Cinema Editor Euan Franklin chooses his favourite films of the year: from the chilling Saint Maud to Charlie Kaufman's latest brain-scratcher I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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Featuring Chadwick Boseman's final performance, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – based on the August Wilson play – follows a 1920s blues band recording their next album. Viola Davis also stars

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David Byrne of Talking Heads returns to the stage, in this Spike Lee-directed film version of his Broadway show American Utopia

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In this curiously subverted crime drama, Rachel Brosnahan stars as Jean, wife to a criminal who's betrayed his partners. Jean goes on the run, hiding from possible killers

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The swinging romance of summer 1963 gears up to get London audiences dancing in July 2022

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Viggo Mortensen's filmmaking debut examines a conservative father (Lance Henriksen) living with dementia and his liberal son (Mortensen) trying to care for him

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David Fincher's 11th feature film follows the story of understated Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he pens the script for Citizen Kane

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Culture Whisper chats with writer/director Helena Coan about her new documentary film Audrey, focusing on the classic Hollywood actor Audrey Hepburn

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Abby (Kristen Stewart) decides to stay with her girlfriend Harper's (Mackenzie Davis) family over the holidays, but Harper hasn't told them she's gay...

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The new film from Brandon Cronenberg, David Cronenberg's son, follows an assassin with the ability to change bodies to facilitate untraceable murder. Sean Bean and Christopher Abbott star

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In this family horror debut from Natalie Erika James, Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) try to find their missing matriarch Edna (Robyn Nevin)

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Josephine Decker's 'anti-biopic' creates fictions to root out the truth of who the Haunting of Hill House author Shirley Jackson really was. Elisabeth Moss stars

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BFI produced an excellent LFF this year, even with the lockdown measures, including the likes of Steve McQueen and Spike Lee. Here's a list of our favourites from the selection

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The eighth feature film from Sofia Coppola, On the Rocks follows a quietly difficult father-daughter relationship between Laura (Rashida Jones) and Felix (Bill Murray)

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Ben Wheatley directs this Netflix film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca, starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, and Kristin Scott Thomas

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In his second film as director, Aaron Sorkin dramatises the infamous trial against eight anti-war protestors in the late 60s. Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star

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Boasting big names like Steve McQueen, Spike Lee, David Byrne and Frances McDormand, this looks to be another cracking LFF – even with the Covid-19 restrictions

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In Rose Glass' debut feature film, Morfydd Clarke (David Copperfield) stars as a private care worker who's converted to a dark interpretation of Christianity

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As Black people continue to face injustice – it's high time we expand our viewpoint, to support and champion Black filmmakers. Here are 12 suggestions to start an education

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Suffragette director Sarah Gavron turns to London teenage girls for her new film, the product of extensive workshops: showing a truthful, joyful reality

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In this film debut from Channing Godfrey Peoples, former Miss Juneteenth winner Turquoise (Nicole Beharie) encourages her daughter Kai (Alexis Chikaeze) to follow in her footsteps

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Stellan Skarsgård and Harvey Keitel star in Václav Marhoul's The Painted Bird, a Jobian odyssey across eastern Europe during the Nazi occupation

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After months of delays, Disney's live-action remake of Mulan, the most expensive film ever to be directed by a female filmmake, has finally come to Disney+

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France's Oscar entry, directed by Ladj Ly, frames a modern-day conflict exposing police brutality and warring communities in Paris – a far cry from the hit musical

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Cannes darling Xavier Dolan returns with his maturest film to date: Matthias et Maxime celebrates friendship and repressed affection beautifully

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With Tenet, Christopher Nolan brings together an all-star cast – John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh – to deliver another mainstream mind-stretcher

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Immersive cinema experts Backyard Cinema return with the Winter Night Garden experience: an enchanted forest, hit movies, cocktails and street food