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The Choral


Alan Bennet's script makes this British period drama rousing and engaging


Peter Hujar’s Day


Riveting transcript-based two-hander with Rebecca Hall and Ben Whishaw


Odyssey


Skilfully made British thriller is twisty and increasingly harrowing


Christy


Ben Foster and Sydney Sweeney are terrific in this standard boxing biopic


Sentimental Value


Gorgeous Norwegian father-daughter drama has a clever filmmaking kick


Belén


Powerfully moving Argentine drama based on a momentous true story

film news
Charlize is a Tyrant
5.NOV
: Theron will produce and star in psychological drama Tyrant, set in New York's culinary world
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Vikander, Turner-Smith, Dornan & Nighy head to The Turning Door
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Henson & Scott lead TIS SO SWEET
Egerton joins Tatum's KOCKROACH
Lowe & David team for NEW FRIEND
Rae & Cherry join Rogen's BABIES
Graham, Knoxville in YOUNG PEOPLE
Statham/Ritchie reunite for VIVA
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Sydney goes to Rio
1.NOV
: Sweeney will star in Lin's remake of the 1964 French adventure comedy That Man From Rio.
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Butler joins Jordan in Kosinski's 1980s-style Miami Vice remake
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Close joins Cruz in BLACK BALL
Connor, Woon-A-Tai in WINTER
Depp is Scrooge in West's CAROL
XCX & Alba in Johnson's TREE
Rockwell & Stella lead TUMOR
Grant & Inrie for CHRISTMAS
Tarantino joins Pegg in CARRY
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Jennifer in the band
29.OCT
: Coolidge & Scherzinger join Wilson's all-star Girl Group comedy, now filming in the UK
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Linney & Ifans lead Madden's Parkinsons drama When We Dance
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Infiniti is THE JULIA SET genius
Barrera to Travolta's BLACK TIDES
Wasikowska, Heaton in TWICE OVER
Arjona, Turner are ALONE TOGETHER
Cabello & Barraza join CUT OFF
Witt, Ulrich, Heder in THE BIG KILL
Domingo is WICKED's Cowardly Lion
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box office

coming soon

NUREMBERG
IN YOUR DREAMS
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14 Nov:
JAY KELLY
THE RUNNING MAN
NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T
PARK AVENUE
NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER
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21 Nov:
WICKED: FOR GOOD
RENTAL FAMILY
THE THING WITH FEATHERS
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE
THE ICE TOWER
CACTUS PEARS
ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
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28 Nov:
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
HAMNET
BLUE MOON
THE THING WITH FEATHERS
PILLION
CHRISTY
THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE
ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
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5 Dec:
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
LA GRAZIA
THE SECRET AGENT
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS
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Recently published reviews:
THE RUN
BELEN
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
STITCH HEAD
SHELBY OAKS
LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM...
LA GRAZIA
PALESTINE 36
LOVE+WAR
RENTAL FAMILY
NOUVELLE VAGUE
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
THE VILE
FRANKENSTEIN
IS THIS THING ON?
AFTER THE HUNT

stage & more

Reminder from mother earth

DANCE
Akram Khan and Manal AlDowayan's elemental Thikra at Sadler's Wells...


That’s the way I like it

STAGE
KC & Sunshine Band musical rocks Charing Cross Theatre until 15 Nov...


A screaming good time

STAGE
Ghost Stories returns to scare London at Peacock Theatre until 8th Nov...

69th BFI London Film Fest
FESTIVAL 8th-19th October


A dreamy odyssey

DANCE
Hofesh Schechter's surreal Theatre of Dreams at Sadler's Wells...


Chaos and transformation

DANCE
Andrea Pena's Bogota explores history and culture at Sadler's Wells East...


A joyous fusion

DANCE
Acosta Danza celebrates its 10th anniversary at Sadler's Wells...


You’ve been framed

DANCE
Vlaemsch (Chez Moi) explores the Flemish identity at Sadler's Wells...


Dance your life away

STAGE
Teac Damsa's biographical How to Be a Dancer at Sadler's Wells East...


Perfect synchronicity

DANCE
Sadeck Berrabah brings Murmuration Level 2 to the Peacock Theatre...


September TV Roundup

SCREEN Chief of War, Wednesday 2, Smoke, Dexter: Resurrection, The Institute, Stick, Fisk, more...


Totally exposed

INTERVIEW Talking with writer-director Corey Sherman about his autobiographical film Big Boys...


July TV Roundup

SCREEN Too Much, The Bear 4, Squid Game 3, Andor 2, The Last of Us 2, Sirens, Murderbot and more...

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Shadows @ London's FrightFest
STAGE Lost Watches at the Park
SCREEN: Dorian TV Award winners
STAGE: Plied & Prejudice at Vaults
DANCE: Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells
STAGE: Kiki & Herb in Walthamstow
STAGE: Otto & Astrid's Stages Tour
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now showing

Grand Prix of Europe


Colourful, energetic animated romp follows animal drivers on the circuit


Eden & Charlie


Dreamy, warmly atmospheric coming-of-age odyssey from France


Relay


Smart, twisty whistleblower thriller with Riz Ahmed and Lily James


Shelby Oaks


Sinister horror isn't particularly scary, but it's creepy and very dark


Lesbian Space Princess


Riotously silly animated romp is packed with terrific character detail


The Run


Nutty interactive thriller is worth experiencing in a cinema


Hedda


The cast shines in a high-camp adaptation of Ibsen's classic play


Springsteen: Deliver Me
From Nowhere

Jeremy Allen White is the Boss in this well-made, unsurprising biopic


After the Hunt


Julia Roberts leads Guadagnino's abrasive, difficult university drama


Sketch


Enjoyable adventure about a preteen whose drawings spring to life


Blue Moon


Ethan Hawke is legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart in this offbeat biopic


Ballad of a Small Player


Colourful Macau-set odyssey starring Colin Farrell as a hapless gambler


The Wilderness


Hunter Doohan is magnetic in this preachy outdoor experience drama


Your Host


Inventive and gleefully sadistic quiz show horror with Jackie Earle Haley

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SHE'S THE HE
BROKEN BIRD
GOOD BOY
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS
HIM
THE ICE TOWER
MINORE
THE PARTISAN
DEAD OF WINTER
ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE
A NIGHT LIKE THIS
SANE INSIDE SANITY
THE SENIOR
DIRTY BOY
DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE
THE LONG WALK
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recommended

The Marbles


Fascinating exploration of the thorny issue of repatriating antiquities


Love + War


Involving documentary about conflict photographer Lynsey Addario


Bugonia


Sharply pointed, wonderfully bonkers comedy-thriller from Lanthimos


Palestine 36


Stunning adventure traces a pivotal, eerily timely moment in history


Stitch Head


Colourful and enjoyably offbeat animated spin on Frankenstein


Nouvelle Vague


Linklater's skilful period-style comedy recreates the making of Breathless


Frankenstein


Guillermo del Toro takes an epic, stylish approach to the classic tale


It Was Just an Accident


Jafar Panahi's funny and haunting Palme d'Or winning Iranian romp


Urchin


Harris Dickinson's writing-directing debut is confident and moving


Souleymane’s Story


Involving tale of a Guinean immigrant seeking a new life in Paris


A House of Dynamite


Kathryn Bigelow's ensemble nuclear thriller is immersive and haunting


Roofman


Entertaining and surprisingly involving true-life caper with Channing Tatum


Plainclothes


Inventive, involving romantic thriller with Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey

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I SWEAR
SOME NIGHTS I FEEL LIKE WALKING
THE LOST BUS
THE SHADOW'S EDGE
SCARED SHITLESS
THE SMASHING MACHINE
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
ALL OF YOU
BRIDES
ELLIS PARK
STEVE
GHOST TRAIL
PEACOCK
MEGADOC
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