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Rental Family


Engaging comedy-drama set in Tokyo and starring Brendan Fraser


The Carpenter’s Son


Moody and very grisly biblical horror with Noah Jupe and Nicolas Cage


Cactus Pears


Gorgeously observational drama from rural India is an unexpected gem


The Thing With Feathers


Benedict Cumberbatch takes on grief in this artful, inventive odyssey


Sisu: Road to Revenge


More grisly action mayhem from Finland, this time with Soviet villains


Zodiac Killer Project


Cheeky deconstructed true crime documentary is funny and revealing

film news
Christian feels Heat
23.NOV
: Bale and DiCaprio may star in Mann's prequel/sequel to his iconic 1995 thriller Heat
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Jordan & Temple lead voice cast of animated critter comedy Swapped
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Sarandon & Eastwood in FORTUNE
Ridley leads GOOD SAMARITAN
Jonas, DeVito, et al for JUMANJI 4
Deadwyler joins THE CHAPERONES
Gilpin to Howard's ALONE AT DAWN
Costner is Bill Clinton in UNITED
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Denzel in Panther 3
19.NOV
: Washington will star in the third Black Panther movie, which will be Coogler's next project.
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MacLaine & Elgort up for Deutch's road trip adventure Lucy Boomer
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Schwarzenegger heads to BUNKER
Cage & Woo reteam for GAMBINO
Banderas & Grant in ROSE'S BABY
Plummer joins MY NEW FRIEND
Slowikowska, Kirby to NOWHERE
Sutherland has RECKONING
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Adele’s acting debut
16.NOV
: Adele will join Hoult, Taylor-Johnson and Cooper in Ford's period drama Cry to Heaven
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Kidman, Maslany, Collias & Jumbo join Perkins' The Young People
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Carpenter produces, stars in ALICE
Larson & Safdie to SUPER MARIO 2
Farrell leads ORDAINED action
Johnson is a robot in TRUDY BLUE
Olsen & Gordon team for PEAKED
Cage/Niccol reunite for LORD 2
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box office

coming soon

28 Nov:
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
HAMNET
ETERNITY
BLUE MOON
PILLION
CHRISTY
THE SECRET AGENT
THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE
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5 Dec:
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
LA GRAZIA
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS
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12 Dec:
GOODBYE JUNE
ELLA MCCAY
LURKER
ELEANOR THE GREAT
SCARLET
A FEW FEET AWAY
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19 Dec:
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
IS THIS THING ON?
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
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Recently published reviews:
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
THE MASTERMIND
DEAD MAN'S WIRE
THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE
SPLITSVILLE
WICKED: FOR GOOD
NO OTHER CHOICE
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE
LEFT-HANDED GIRL
SAUNA
NINO
THE CARPENTER'S SON
BULL RUN
300 LETTERS
VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
THE RUNNING MAN
ARCO
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
IN YOUR DREAMS
DIE MY LOVE
PILLION
PARK AVENUE
ETERNITY
NUREMBERG
PETER HUJAR'S DAY
THE MARBLES

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

Sauna


Realistic, warmly involving romance from Denmark with a trans twist


The Ice Tower


Offbeat French fairy tale with Marion Cotillard is murky and slow


The Running Man


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


Nuremberg


Beefy historical epic explores the psychological nature of the Nazis


Park Avenue


Fiona Shaw & Katherine Waterston make underwritten drama watchable


Arco


Lovely anime-style animated adventure imagines a vivid future


Left-Handed Girl


Bracingly realistic and involving multi-generational drama from Taiwan


Bull Run


Snappy but impenetrable investment banking comedy with Tom Blyth


Valley of the Shadow of
Death

Overserious but involving faith-based drama from Hong Kong


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

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LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS
THE RUN
HEDDA
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM...
AFTER THE HUNT
SKETCH
BLUE MOON
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER
THE WILDERNESS
YOUR HOST
SHE'S THE HE
BROKEN BIRD
GOOD BOY
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS
HIM
MINORE
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recommended

My Father’s Shadow


Set in 1993, this Nigerian-British odyssey is powerfully invlvcing


Jay Kelly


Smart, thoughtful comedy with George Clooney and Adam Sandler


Left-Handed Girl


Bracingly realistic and involving multi-generational drama from Taiwan


Arco


Lovely anime-style animated adventure imagines a vivid future


Sentimental Value


Gorgeous Norwegian father-daughter drama has a clever filmmaking kick


300 Letters


Inventive comedy from Argentina explores a romance in retrospect


Night of the Juggler


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


In Your Dreams


Imaginative, involving animated adventure is both fun and pointed


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

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ODYSSEY
THE MARBLES
LOVE+WAR
BUGONIA
PALESTINE 36
STITCH HEAD
PILLION
NOUVELLE VAGUE
FRANKENSTEIN
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
URCHIN
SOULEYMANE'S STORY
ROOFMAN
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
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