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Jonathan in love
11.NOV :
Bailey & Nighy will star in Insomniac City, about Oliver Sacks' romance with a young photographer.
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Watson will lead John Daniel, as an woman who befriends a baby gorilla
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Atwell, Williams voice DINOSAUR
Elba directs, stars in INLAWS
Jackson & Cusack in 1408 sequel
Moura/Mendonca for FOREIGN
Hawke leads MAGIC adaptation
Renner is up for 12 BULLETS action
Reeves voices animated JOHN WICK
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Cynthia joins Snoop
8.NOV:
Erivo will play Tupac Shakur's wife in Brewer's Snoop Dogg biopic, starring Daviss.
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Anderson & Hall are teaming up for Colangelo's drama The Portrait
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Firth & Bettany lead IT'S ALRIGHT
Melton in live-action NARUTO film
Banderas stars in MARE NOSTRUM
Mara, Mann, Kutcher for SHOPPER
Galitzine joins Sweeney in HOLLOW
Ridley & Rex up for GET RID OF IT
Statham/Ritchie make DOGFIGHT
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Alicias conspiracy
4.NOV:
Vikander, McAvoy & Egerton will team up for writer-director Iannucci's new thriller
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Dornan joins Gillen in the Belfast comedy-drama short Nostalgie
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Gleeson, Meaney, Gillen in POWER
Wonders joins Gisondo for GOBLIN
Bakalova & Rudnitsky to GET OFF
Pegg, Duplass, Osment on PHONE
Long joins Ortega/Byrne in NASTY
Meyers leads PRETTY KILL MACHINE
Raye up for Safdie's LIZARD MUSIC
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EBENEZER
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20 Nov:
ELSINORE
SUNRISE ON THE REAPING
YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING
YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER...
JOSEPHINE
A MAN WALKS DOWN THE STREET
FILIPINANA
THE VILE
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27 Nov:
FOCKER-IN-LAW
THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES...
IN WAVES
ALL OF A SUDDEN
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
14TH
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4 Dec:
BEHEMOTH!
RAY GUNN
TENDER LOVING CARE
I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE...
EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS
LUNAR SWAY
MAGELLAN
DE GAULLE: LIBERTE
MAVERICK: THE EPIC ADVENTURES...
NUISANCE BEAR
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BARBARA FOREVER
THE BELOVED
WICKER
IN WAVES
ARTIFICIAL
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO
THE DIVINE TRAGEDY
MANIPULATION
14TH
JOSEPHINE
MISTY GREEN
THE MOSQUITO BOWL
ONWARDS AND SIDEWAYS
NUISANCE BEAR
PRIMETIME
GHOST IN THE CELL
ELSINORE
BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE
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All the drama
DANCE 
German Cornejo's sizzling, colourful Tango After Dark at Sadler's Wells...

October TV Roundup
SCREEN:
Brothers, Ted Lasso, La Mesias, Lanterns, Chad Powers, Star Trek, The Shards and more...

Slap that puck
STAGE 
Hilarious musical parody Heated Rivalry, Underbelly Soho until 1 Nov...

Adventures in space
DANCE 
Bourvis, Peel & Lee-Turton bring their evocative Pia to the Barbican...

Message from Mother Earth
DANCE 
Dickson Mbi's propulsively epic folk tale Tellus, at Sadler's Wells East...

Shadows @ London Film Fest
FESTIVAL: The 70th LFF, 7-18 Oct...

Hope and pain
DANCE 
Ballet Black at 25 features high vibes and dark emotions at Sadler's Wells...

Demanding and dazzling
DANCE 
Acosta Danza's breathtaking Cuban Baroque at Sadler's Wells...

Everybody shout ¡Olé!
DANCE 
Yllana's acclaimed, cheeky Flamenc Oh!! at the Peacock until 10th Oct...

Recollections may vary
DANCE 
Jess & Morgs' dazzling, politically charged Deepfake at Sadler's East...

Shadows @ Venice Film Fest
FESTIVAL: 2-12 Sep in Italy...

A loose-limbed connection
DANCE 
NDC Wales' expressive, deliberately imprecise Blue|Glas at Sadler's East...

August TV Roundup
SCREEN:
Ride or Die, The Bear 5, Tip Toe, Widow's Bay, Spider-Noir, The Vampire Lestat and more...
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DANCE: Ailey's Legacy, Sadler's Wells
Shadows @ London's FrightFest
Shadows @ Edinburgh Fringe
DANCE: The Car Man, Sadler's Wells
STAGE: Lost Estate's Chat Noir!
JUN TV: Half Man, Hacks, Euphoria...
STAGE: Ali in Wonder(Eng)land
STAGE: Dada's Blue Mist on tour
INTERVIEW: Minions & Monsters
STAGE: Richard III at the Cockpit
STAGE: –320°F at Sadler's Wells
INTERVIEW: Kanawade's Cactus Pears
Shadows @ Raindance Film Fest
DANCE: Phoenix's Interplay
DANCE: Acosta Danza Yunior
APR TV: Beef, Jury Duty, Bridgerton...
INTERVIEW: Kiss of the Spider Woman
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Confession

Soviet prison thriller with Rob Lowe & James Franco needs a bit of nuance

Godzilla Minus Zero

Monster sequel combines massive action with lots of melodrama

Misty Green

Rosalind Eleazar is terrific in this knowing show business drama

Think of England

Complex fictional history about soldiers making morale-raising porn

Manupilation

Overserious and murky religious thriller features lots of nutty twists

Bad Day at the Office

John Hannah stars in this bonkers first-person London action mayhem

Ghost in the Cell

From Indonesia, a prison action thriller with horror and witty gags

Ali G: Who Iz I?

Sacha Baron Cohen brings his dodgy alter-ego back to the big screen

These Violent Delights

From Scottish Ballet, an inventively filmed dance of Romeo & Juliet

Street Fighter

Bombastic videogame movie is loud, offensive and occasionally funny

Winter of the Crow

Lesley Manville faces some serious nastiness in Soviet-era Warsaw

Matchbox: The Movie

Wildly unoriginal action comedy with John Cena and guilty-pleasure stunts

The Lost Children of Tuam

Monica Dolan is excellent in this dark, intense true story from Ireland

The Yellow Tie

Romanian conductor biopic stars Ben Schnetzer & John Malkovich

Comédie Française

Hilarious and knowing backstage comedy set in Paris' iconic theatre
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APRIL X
THE PORTUGUESE HOUSE
HEART OF THE BEAST
HER PRIVATE HELL
CHARLIE HARPER
BABYSTAR
IN-I IN MOTION
CALL MY AGENT! THE MOVIE
FALL 2: DEADPOINT
BLUE FILM
JUST AN ILLUSION
EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS
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Club Kid

Gorgeously engaging drama with Reggie Absalom & Jordan Firtman

La Bola Negra 
Dazzling, emotional Spanish literary epic set across three periods

Wild Horse Nine

Smart, snappy black comedy with Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich

I Play Rocky

Rousing biopic about how Sylvester Stallone got Rocky to the screen

Onwards and Sideways

Rhys and Laura explore Parkinson's in an involving comedy-drama

De Gaulle: Resistance

Fascinating, thrilling biopic of the French leader is part one of two

The Divine Tragedy

From Mexico, a strikingly funny and honest story about two gay brothers

Nuisance Bear

Clever documentary explores social issues while following a polar bear

Primetime

Enjoyably unhinged biopic follows the crew of To Catch a Predator

Wicker

Delightfully bawdy fable with Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard

Gentle Monster

Skilfully made drama with Lea Seydoux explores a complex villain

Queen at Sea

Edgy, earthy, urgent British drama is led by a superb Juliette Binoche

Everest: The Other Side

Eleanor Coppola's lively, engaging doc watches her daughter at work
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THE DEVILS: DIRECTOR'S CUT
WILDWOOD
FATHERLAND
POSSIBLE LOVE
MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE
FORGOTTEN ISLAND
NAZA
MUSK
CASE 137
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL
FJORD
TENZING
DIGGER
CHILD
KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER...
THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2
KIKUYU LAND
BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL
SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF...
SUNNY DANCER
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