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Tried and Tested
Cinema
The Ghoul has an interesting and frightening idea somewhere inside it, but is it worth seeking out?
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Land of Mine has a terrible punning title, but a brilliant heart-stopping premise
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Hound of Love is a deeply unpleasant film justified by its clever depiction of a dysfunctional relationship
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
The Wall should be a taut, uber-tense chamber-piece with great performances. It's not
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Features
The Big Sick, arriving in cinemas this weekend, is a romantic comedy film that manages to feel interesting and new. Fortunately, it's not the only one of its kind...
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Must See
The best films out in August include the new Kathryn Bigelow movie starring John Boyega, and a story of war to rival Dunkirk
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Essential
Cinema
The Big Sick feels like a perfect balance between sincerity and snarkiness, a very contemporary rom-com along the lines of Man Down and In a World
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Dunkirk is, amongst other things, an efficient device for giving you anxiety. It's also glorious
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Tried and Tested
Best of
Netflix's latest film, To The Bone offers a misguided portrayal of an anorexic 20 year old. But it isn't all bad...
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Features
The Beguiled is that strange thing: a Civil War movie with exclusively white characters. But that's just because it's a Sofia Coppola film
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Essential
Cinema
Song to Song is, unfortunately, further proof that Terrance Malick needs to have a bit of a lie down
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
The Midwife is a pleasant French-language with a vivid performance from Catherine Deneuve
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Preview
Cinema
The Beguiled has some wicked fun with its lust-drenched Civil War story
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Alone in Berlin is a harrowing telling of the true story of Otto and Elise Hampel, who resisted the Nazi regime in the German capital
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Must See
The best films out in July include a star-studded Terrance Malick movie and a slice of gothic madness by Sophia Coppola
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
My Cousin Rachel is an engrossing adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Norman can be a little humdrum as a drama, but it's can boast a compelling central performance from Richard Gere
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Berlin Syndrome showcases director Cate Shortland's knack for detail, but it's not a patch on her previous film
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
After the Storm is a tender slice-of-life story with no shortage of nuance
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Must See
The best films out in June include everything from the new Edgar Wright film to a new Holocaust documentary
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Tried and Tested
TV
Top of the Lake: China Girl is a worthy companion piece to The Handmaid's Tale – an overtly feminist series starring Elisabeth Moss
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
April's Daughter starts sedately enough, but it's when things get tastefully melodramatic that Michel Franco's film really gets interesting
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Preview
Cinema
A Gentle Creature is anything but. It's a bitter, difficult creature that demands much from its audience
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
With Based on a True Story, Roman Polanski covers familiar ground with uninspired results
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
I Am Not Madame Bovary is Chinese Brecht seen through the wrong end of a telescope
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Good Time guarantees exactly that, as Robert Pattinson sheds the last of his heart-throb status
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
The Beguiled has some wicked fun with its lust-drenched Civil War story
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Preview
Cinema
The Other Side of Hope, the new film by Aki Kaurismäki, explores themes of home and displacement
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
The Levelling is an intense study of family dysfunction, and a promising lead-role debut for Game of Thrones actress Ellie Kendrick
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In the Know
For director Francois Ozon, Frantz is a romance with important things to say about politics today
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Interview
The Levelling is a restrained and accomplished debut. We ask the filmmakers how they managed it
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Jawbone is a rough, tough drama with a sensitive side