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The Running Man


Glen Powell's energetic action epic is fun, but not particularly memorable


Park Avenue


Fiona Shaw & Katherine Waterston make underwritten drama watchable


Night of the Juggler


Reissued 45 years later, this hared-edged New York thriller is riveting


Nuremberg


Beefy historical epic explores the psychological nature of the Nazis


Arco


Lovely anime-style animated adventure imagines a vivid future


In Your Dreams


Imaginative, involving animated adventure is both fun and pointed

film news
Pamela is the Queen
12.NOV
: Anderson and Pearce will team up for the thriller Queen of the Falls, produced by Almodovar
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Reynolds is producing and starring in a Thunderbolt & Lightfoot remake
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Elba & Wilson back for LUTHER 2
Collette & Hopkins to IBELIN drama
Gatwa joins Erivo in BAD FAIRIES
Wahlberg leads HEADHUNTERS
Atwell up for Butler's EMPIRE action
Cox directs EVIL GENIUS thriller
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Jen, Emma & Piggy
9.NOV
: Lawrence, Stone & Escada are working on a Muppet movie that will centre around Miss Piggy.
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Chastain, Madison, Brolin & Pine lead multistrand My Darling California
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Weisz & Fraser up for THE MUMMY 4
Stan leads 90s spy thriller IMPUNITY
Zellweger stars in PHANTOM SON
Foy joins Pearce in Boyle's INK
Gurira, Arias, Harris face FLOOD
Tillman joins Depp in EBENEZER
Markle, Larson, Quaid in FRIENDS
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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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box office

coming soon

NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T
BULL RUN
300 LETTERS
VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
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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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12 Dec:
GOODBYE JUNE
ETERNITY
ELLA MCCAY
LURKER
ELEANOR THE GREAT
SCARLET
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Recently published reviews:
IN YOUR DREAMS
DIE MY LOVE
PILLION
PARK AVENUE
ETERNITY
NUREMBERG
PETER HUJAR'S DAY
THE MARBLES
EDEN & CHARLIE
THE RUN
BELEN
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
STITCH HEAD
SHELBY OAKS
LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

stage & more

Connection is the answer

DANCE
NDT & Complicite's staggering Figures in Extinction at Sadler's Wells...


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...

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Shadows @ London's FrightFest
STAGE Lost Watches at the Park
July TV: Too Much, The Bear, Andor...
SCREEN: Dorian TV Award winners
STAGE: Plied & Prejudice at Vaults
DANCE: Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells
STAGE: Kiki & Herb in Walthamstow
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now showing

Christy


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


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

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YOUR HOST
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
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recommended

Sentimental Value


Gorgeous Norwegian father-daughter drama has a clever filmmaking kick


Train Dreams


Moving, gorgeously shot odyssey with Joel Edgerton & Felicity Jones


The Choral


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


Die My Love


Ramsay's boldly provocative new-parent drama with Jennifer & Robert


Belén


Powerfully moving Argentine drama based on a momentous true story


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


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


Pillion


Beneath its provocative surface, this is an unusually sensitive romance

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NOUVELLE VAGUE
FRANKENSTEIN
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
URCHIN
SOULEYMANE'S STORY
ROOFMAN
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
PLAINCLOTHES
I SWEAR
SOME NIGHTS I FEEL LIKE WALKING
THE LOST BUS
THE SHADOW'S EDGE
SCARED SHITLESS
THE SMASHING MACHINE
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