The Idea of You

Smart, lusty romantic comedy with Nicholas Galitzine & Anne Hathaway

Jeanne du Barry

Maiwenn's engaging biopic about the courtesan, costarring Johnny Depp

Drifter

Dark German drama is provocative, involving and ultimately moving

Love Lies Bleeding

Bracing and very stylish noir thriller with Katy O'Brian & Kristen Stewart

Evil Does Not Exist

Astonishingly bold, insightful drama from Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Blackbird Blackbird
Blackberry
Charmingly deadpan comedy-drama from Georgia is surprisingly powerful

Amy is at Sea
1.MAY: Adams will play a woman restarting life after rehab in At the Sea, directed by Mundruczo
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Aniston is producing and Cody is writing a remake of the iconic 1980 workplace comedy 9 to 5
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Taylor-Johnson to 28 YEARS LATER
Garner joins Brolin in WEAPONS
Blige, Henry, Elliott to ATLANTIS
Williams joins Day in KILL ME
Sorkin is writing SOCIAL NETWORK 2
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Keanu takes a flight
28.APR: Reeves leads the ensemble in Ostlund's social satire, The Entertainment System is Down
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Stanfield will produce, star in adaptation of the monster-hunting videogame El Paso Elsewhere
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Collette, Garcia, Pettyfer on STAIRS
Pacino & Stevens lead THE RITUAL
Kruger & Akin reteam for AMRUM
Luke is Johnnie Cochran in MICHAEL
Jackson & Moore lead CHOCOLATE
Ora, O'Connell, Lynch join NEON
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Priscilla returns!
24.APR: Pearce, Weaving, Stamp & filmmaker Elliott will make a sequel to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
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Mirren, Brosnan & Kingsley team up for The Thursday Murder Club, directed by Columbus
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Gosling leads PROJECT HAIL MARY
Turner-Smith joins BIG JOURNEY
Anderson joins Neeson in GUN
Manganiello is a MOUNTAIN MAN
Day & Eichner for HONEY DON'T
Disney plans SPACE MOUNTAIN movie
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MUCH ADO ABOUT DYING
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IF
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24 May:
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
THE GARFIELD MOVIE
KIDNAPPED
IN FLAMES
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31 May:
ROBOT DREAMS
THE DEAD DON'T HURT
THE BEAST
BACKSPOT
STING
PANDEMONIUM
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
HIDDEN MASTER
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Pride and also prejudice
STAGE: Alex Hill's funny, explosive one-man show Why I Stuck a Flare at Southwark Playhouse until 4th May...

Do you wanna funk?
DANCE: Ray Young's Out fills the Baylis Studio with a Jamaican vibe, defiance and the scent of oranges...

April TV Roundup
SCREEN: Watching Mary & George, Fargo 5, Young Royals 3, Feud 2,
Mr & Mrs Smith, 3 Body Problem...

We didn't make it to Disney
STAGE: Parody musical Unfortunate is a riotous explosion of naughty energy, on tour until 14th July...

Past the wit of man
STAGE: Flabbergast presents A Midsummer Night's Dream at Wilton's Music Hall...

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An epic final battle
DANCE: Kidd Pivot stages the astonishingly powerful Assembly Hall at Sadler's Wells...

38th BFI Flare
FESTIVAL: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival takes over BFI Southbank for 10 days in March...

Dazzling sights and sounds
DANCE: Company Wayne McGregor brings Autobiography and UniVerse to Sadler's Wells...

What really happened?
STAGE: Intense two-hander Blue explores social issues at Seven Dials Playhouse...

Charmingly transgressive
STAGE: Connor Burns brings his acclaimed stand-up Vertigo to Soho Theatre and on tour...

Pushing forward
DANCE: New York City Ballet presents four expertly performed pieces at Sadler's Wells...

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STAGE: Stamptown at Soho Theatre
STAGE: Mother of Kamal, Gatehouse
Jan TV: Frasier, Crown, Travelers...
STAGE: Sex Lives of Puppets, SPB
STAGE: Tossed panto at RVT
STAGE: Puss in Bootsat Wonderville
STAGE: Garry Starr at Southwark
DANCE: Taiwan's Cloud Gate Theatre
DANCE: New work at Sadler's Wells
DANCE: Lovetrain2020, Sadler's Wells
Shadows @ AFI Fest
STAGE: White Factory at Marylebone
Shadows @ London Film Fest
STAGE: Strangers in Between
STAGE: Deeper and Deeper at Union
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Adios Buenos Aires

Tango-infused drama from Argentina finds resonance in story set in 2001

Norwegian Dream

Honest drama about a Polish migrant in Norway has an emotional kick

Boy Kills World

Raucous, hyperviolent romp is an enjoyably overblown revenge fantasy

Ordinary Angels

Engaging, emotive true story with Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson

The American Society of
Magical Negroes
This satire has big ideas and strong characters, but an undercooked plot

Jericho Ridge

Intense action thriller starring Nikki Amuka-Bird as a tenacious deputy

Spy x Family Code: White

Hyperactive Japanese animation is bonkers and often hilarious

Elaha

Earthy German drama never flinches from big cultural, gender themes

That They May Face the
Rising Sun
Insightful, gently poetic drama set
in rural Ireland in the 1980s

The Three Musketeers:
Milady
Part 2 in the rousing new French adaptation starring Eva Green

All You Need is Death

From Ireland, a darkly unnerving folk horror about a cursed song

Hard Miles

Inspirational biopic about a cyclist who takes his students on a quest

Swede Caroline

Amusing British mock-doc comedy about competitive vegetable growers

Back to Black

Involving, simplified Amy Winehouse biopic with the superb Marisa Abela

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IN BED
THE FIRST OMEN
SCOOP
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Challengers

Momentous true story from 19th century Italy is riveting and moving

Infested

Seriously scary spider thriller from France will make you squirm

Kidnapped

Momentous true story from 19th century Italy is riveting and moving

Nowhere Special

Moving, beautifully made father-son drama Daniel Lamont & James Norton

Omen

Hypnotic and strongly resonant drama about identity, set mainly in Congo

The Book of Clarence

Uneven but very clever biblical riff starring LaKeith Stanfield

Boys on Film 24:
Happy Endings
Peccadillo's final compilation features 11 terrific gay-themed short films

If Only I Could Hibernate

Entertaining and authentic drama about children in wintry Mongolia

All the Fires

From Mexico, this moody coming-of-age story is fresh and moving

Opponent

Impressively soft-spoken Swedish drama about migrants

The Teachers’ Lounge

Involving and powerfully observed school drama from Germany

Close Your Eyes

Epic Spanish mystery plays with political and cinematic history

Io Capitano

Ken Loach's latest once again highlights big issues in British society

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EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
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LUCA
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
DISCO BOY
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