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Here's our pick of the last few months' best documentaries – 2016's late surprises and 2017's early successes, from Life, Animated to The Eagle Huntress

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New development at IMDB: feminist films to be rated 'F'. But does this catalyse or complicate the call for equality?

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Investigative with the feel of a cyber-thriller sends a clear-cut message, if a lengthy one

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Cinema 

In the new Edward Snowden film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley wade through Oliver Stone's richly comical folly - and the results are mixed

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The Chi-Raq cast are valiantly sincere, but Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing) has directed a faintly embarrassing musical

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Young female criminals tell their stories in the Starless Dreams documentary, a short powerful film by Iranian director Mehrdad Oskouei

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David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike attack thinly-written parts with gusto in new Amma Assante film A United Kingdom, yet another middling real-life story.

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Cinema 

UK's first documentary cinema shines a light on The Lives of Others around the world in this compelling series of films

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Cinema 

This powerful documentary about Sonita Alizadeh is not just an Afghanistan documentary but a rap film, also covering women's rights and the migrant crisis

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Cinema 

Icebergs, again. But this time, it's not Titanic. According to Leonardo DiCaprio, movies can change the world. At least, that's the hope for his climate change documentary

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This film about Barack and Michelle's first date is a political film first and foremost, but still finds time to give new meaning to the word 'Obamacare'

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Director Babak Anvari has crafted a subtle, feminist drama – and one of the best horror movies of all time

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Keep your eye on young director Mohamed Jabaly: Ambulance, his debut film, is about as impressive as documentaries get

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In this new documentary about IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands, quotes from his diaries are the highlights