Bitter Christmas

Almodovar is back with another gorgeous exploration of creativity

I Want Your Sex

Enjoyably colourful, lusty comedy with Charli XCX and Cooper Hoffman

Colony

Tense action thriller set in a Seoul highrise. With marauding zombies

Coyote vs Acme

Riotously entertaining live-action/animated action comedy

Finding Emily

Charming British romcom with great music and a very predictable plot

De Gaulle: Resistance

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

Kate & Matt redux
26.AUG: Hudson & McConaughey to reunite for 25-years-later sequel to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
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Cage will be back for Turteltaub's long awaited National Treasure 3
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Del Toro & Brolin up for SICARIO 3
Gage joins Portman in PUMPING
Haysbert in cult horror DEIFY
Perlman to James' SEASONS
Zane leads horror thrller WEKIWA
SERENDIPITY "rebuttal" in the works
Wilson-Cairns writes PIRATES 6
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Tom of Golden
23.AUG: Hanks will produce and star in relationship drama Theo of Golden, based on the bestseller.
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Driver, Abbott & Boyd are joining the cast of the new X-Men movie
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Temple leads INTIMACY PARTY
Melton for live-action NARUTO
Youssef directs, stars in MARTHA
Cage goes isolationist in PARISH
Culkin for animated comedy CLAY
Cooper joins Jackman on ISLAND
Schumer has BEST DIVORCE EVER
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Amy hits the streets
19.AUG: Madigan, Harris & Rankin lead the cast of the homeless mother drama Ashley Wright
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Brosnan joins Hemsworth, Elba & Farahani in Extraction 3 action
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Kruger, Roth, Boon in PROJECT K
Hershey & Birch have LAST SEDER
Cameron & White to SWEET WAY
Hemingway & Mau for HOLY WHORE
McDonough & Ulrich in DEIFY
Turtletaub adapts EVERYTHING
Sequels for FROZEN, ZOOTROPOLIS...
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4 Sep:
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD
LATE FAME
GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE...
THE GIRL IN THE RIVER
LEVITICUS
THE LAST BLOSSOM
SUPER NATURE
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11 Sep:
FALL 2
PRESSURE
EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS
BLUE FILM
JUST AN ILLUSION
THE CONDOR DAUGHTER
OASIS: DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
LA FEMME INFIDELE
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18 Sep:
SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF...
QUEEN AT SEA
APRIL X
DE GAULLE: LIBERTE
KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER...
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25 Sep:
FORGOTTEN ISLAND
HEART OF THE BEAST
PRIMETIME
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
HER PRIVATE HELL
BABYSTAR
BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL
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2 Oct:
DIGGER
VERITY
CHILD
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Shadows at the Fringe
FESTIVAL: 15 reviews over five days in Edinburgh 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

August TV Roundup
SCREEN: Ride or Die, The Bear 5,
Tip Toe, Widow's Bay, Spider-Noir,
The Vampire Lestat and more...

Feel the heat
DANCE
Matthew Bourne's sexy, thrilling The Car Man, Sadler's Wells until 29 Aug...

Art, absinthe and anarchy
STAGE
The Lost Estate immerses us in 1890s Paris for Chat Noir! all summer...

We are world beating
STAGE
LegalAliens' entertaining, important Ali in Wonder(Eng)land, Jacksons Lane...

A place to call home
STAGE
The bracingly pointed Blue Mist is on a national tour until 30th July...

Naked villany
STAGE
Nicolás Pérez Costa's high-octane Richard III at the Cockpit...

Making each other laugh
INTERVIEW: Chatting over coffee in Annecy with Minions & Monsters filmmakers Pierre, Chris and Brian...

Myth, memory and bad ideas
STAGE
Hideki Noda's expansive, dazzling
–320°F at Sadler's Wells for 10 days...

June TV Roundup
SCREEN: Half Man, The Four Seasons 2, The Comeback 3, finales of Hacks, Euphoria, The Boys, and more...

Grounded in Indian soil
INTERVIEW: Chatting with filmmaker Rohan Parashuram Kanawade about his acclaimed romance Cactus Pears...

34th Raindance Film Fest
FESTIVAL: 17-26 June in London...

An explosion of everyday joy
DANCE
Phoenix Dance Theatre's exuberant Interplay at Sadler's Wells East...

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DANCE: Acosta Danza Yunior
APR TV: Beef, Jury Duty, Bridgerton...
DANCE: Ballets Trockadero on tour
STAGE: Return of the Godz, Peacock
STAGE: Brecht's Arturo Ui, RSC Swan
DANCE:Remachine at Sadler's East
DANCE: Bullyache's A Good Man
INTERVIEW: Kiss of the Spider Woman
DANCE: We Caliban, Sadler's East
DANCE: The Center Will Not Hold
STAGE: Palatable Gay Robot
Shadows @ BFI Flare
FEB TV: The Beauty, Heated Rivalry...
STAGE: Where There Is No Time
Shadows @ Cinema Made in Italy
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Stop! That! Train!

Hilariously stupid Airplane! parody starring fabulous drag queens

Nimrods

Lively Green Day comedy sends three dopey teen rockers on the road

Holy Days

Kiwi road comedy features Judy, Miriam and Jacki as boisterous nuns

Franz

Artfully ambitious but fractured biopic about the legendary Franz Kafka

Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie

The pups' new adventure takes them to an island with cute dinosaurs

Songs of Forgotten Trees

Delicate Indian drama explores social issues with sharp wit and insight

The Summer Book

Glenn Close positively glows in this warm, nostalgia-filled Finnish drama

Super Troopers 3

Those Broken Lizard chuckleheads are back for another ridiculous romp

Love Me Tender

Vicky Krieps is excellent in this French drama about a struggling mother

Bouchra

Audaciously original animated drama about a coyote making a movie

Do Us Part

Screwball wedding-set romantic comedy is funny and intense

Weird Kidz

Witty horror comedy uses an inventive handmade animation style

The Gentleman Thief

Heist thriller with John Travolta is slickly entertaining and rather silly

Middle Life

Likeably loose comedy follows two people who aren't looking for love

Animal Farm

Colourful version of Orwell's classic makes a point amid the silliness

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CHICKENHARE AND THE SECRET...
SOUR PARTY
BRUNELLO: GRACIOUS VISIONARY
A YEAR IN LONDON
SON OF THE SOIL
SYNTHETIC SINCERITY
EVIL DEAD BURN
MOANA
WESTHAMPTON
THE ISOLATE THIEF
THE FLOATERS
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Boorman and the Devil

Witty and superbly well-made doc explores British filmmaker's career

Teenage Sex and Death at
Camp Miasma
Surreal meta-slasher movie with Hannah Einbinder & Gillian Anderson

The Magic Faraway Tree

Enjoyably offbeat film adaptation of Blyton's British family fantasy

Tony

Involving 1970s-set coming of age with Dominic Sessa & Emilia Jones

Late Fame

Greta Lee and Willem Dafoe are terrific in this fizzy comedy-drama

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Tom Holland shines in a grounded, thrilling superhero adventure

Ish

Beautifully shot, intimate British drama is engaging and honest

Mustache

Witty, observant comedy-drama about a teen boy who feels out of place

Wham! 10 Days in China

Unseen footage makes this doc about the band's 1985 trip a must-see

On the Sea

Barry Ward stars in this earthy, well-observed Welsh romantic drama

Tomorrow’s Too Late

Engaging doc traces pop artist Dylan Holloway's singular journey

Hadestown: The Musical

The acclaimed stage show about Orpheus & Hades is skilfully filmed

Ask E Jean

Snappy, straight-talking doc about the journalist who beat Trump in court

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THE ODYSSEY
HEARTSTOPPER FOREVER
THE LAST FIRST TIME
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD
SHOOT THE PEOPLE
MINIONS & MONSTERS
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW...
A PRIVATE LIFE
DRUNKEN NOODLES
ROMERIA
VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NIGHT & DAY
TOY STORY 5
ROSE OF NEVADA
CACTUS PEARS
NINO
DISCLOSURE DAY
PINK NARCISSUS
KOLN 75
THE MISFITS
UNDERLAND
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