April X

Near-future thriller is strikingly shot and has a charismatic cast

The Portuguese House

Gentle odyssey explores a Spanish man's identity and reinvention

The Last First: Winter K2

Riveting doc about the fateful race to conquer the winter peak in 2021

Child

Unnerving Euro-thriller follows a desperate couple to a dark place

Knife

Powerful, moving doc about the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie

Kikuyu Land

Beautifully observed doc about colonial land owners in Kenya

Laura heads west
4.OCT: Infiniti will lead religious horror thriller Portrait of God, produced by Russo, Peele & Raimi
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Cooper will be leading the charge in McBride's new G.I. Joe action movie
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Paige in CONFABULATION thriller
Simmonds & Kotsur are ALONE
Sessa for PARADISE action thriller
Goggins & Gathegi join VICE '85
Blair & Krasner in SCHMOOLIE
Beaufoy/Tyldum make live PRINCE
GAME OF THRONES film in the works
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Sabrina & Tom!
30.SEP: Carpenter is Ginger Rogers opposite Holland in King's Fred Astaire biopic. Qualley also joins cast.
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Lawrence will lead Cregger's deep space sci-fi thriller The Flood
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Day & Parris in DON'T GO GENTLE
Lohan & Golding in RETURN romance
Gladstone for CURSE OF SILVER
Stewart/Assayas reteam for WORLD
Purnell & Jones joins SCAPEGOAT
Boden/Fleck direct ATMOSPHERE
Watts is making a STAR WARS movie
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Jean joins the family
27.SEP: Smart is joining the returning ensemble cast for the 20-years-later sequel The Families Stone
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Chastain, Madison, Evans, Pine & Cheadle lead Bynum's California
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Law is up for Aster's SCAPEGOAT
Delevingne, Worthington for NON
Moss-Bacharach to Mann's HEAT 2
Jean-Baptiste for Lindo's PEOPLE
Thames leads NARCS comedy
Pullman is Hefner in PLAYMATES
Eggers is making ROMEO & JULIET
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9 Oct:
THE SOCIAL RECKONING
THE UPRISING
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM
WINTER OF THE CROW
FJORD
THE YELLOW TIE
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
NAZA
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16 Oct:
WHALEFALL
CASE 137
MUSK
HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL
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23 Oct:
ALI G: WHO IZ I?
CLAYFACE
WILDWOOD
FATHERLAND
POSSIBLE LOVE
THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS
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30 Oct:
PRIMETIME
WICKER
QUEEN AT SEA
GENTLE MONSTER
EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE
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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...

Move, members, move
DANCE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's soulful Legacy at Sadler's Wells...

Shadows @ 27th FrightFest
FESTIVAL: 27-31 August in London...

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...

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

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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...
DANCE: Ballets Trockadero on tour
STAGE: Return of the Godz, Peacock
Shadows @ SXSW London
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
FEB TV: The Beauty, Heated Rivalry...
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Heart of the Beast

Uber and Brad Pitt are terrific in survival-by-numbers thriller

Charlie Harper

Sudsy romantic drama is livened up by Emilia Jones & Nick Robinson

Her Private Hell

Refn's fantastical noir thriller is lavishly colourful but elusive

Babystar

Quirky German satire about social media is funny and unnerving

In-I In Motion

Doc follows Juliette Binoche & Akram Khan as they create a dance show

Call My Agent! The Movie

The whole messy gang is back, and this time they're making a movie

Fall 2

Vertiginous thriller sequel is heart-stopping even if it's also corny

Blue Film

Contained drama explores themes of sexuality, attraction and perversion

Just an Illusion

Rapid-fire dialog makes this French coming-of-age comedy a lot of fun

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Shimmering biopic about the legendary American jazz musician

The Death of Robin Hood

Dark, grisly thriller catches up with Hugh Jackman as the aging outlaw

Gail Daughtry and the
Celebrity Sex Pass
Cheeky pastiche is packed with stars hilariously poking fun at themselves

The Girl in the River

Engaging but cliche-packed procedural crime thriller

I Want Your Sex

Enjoyably colourful, lusty comedy with Charli XCX and Cooper Hoffman

Finding Emily

Charming British romcom with great music and a very predictable plot

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COLONY
STOP! THAT! TRAIN!
FRANZ
NIMRODS
HOLY DAYS
PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE
SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES
THE SUMMER BOOK
SUPER TROOPERS 3
LOVE ME TENDER (Fr)
DO US PART
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Forgotten Island

Dazzlingly animated Filipina adventure embraces strong themes

Boorman and the Devil

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

Queen at Sea

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

The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Shaun the Sheep is back for a hilarious monster-movie adventure

Sunny Dancer

Bella Ramsay shines in this edgy, offbeat teen cancer camp comedy

De Gaulle: Liberté

Riveting, lavishly well made conclusion to the two-part biopic

Pressure

Involving, tense D-Day drama with Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott

Don’t Look Back in Anger

Rhapsodic film follows Oasis on their triumphant 2025 reunion tour

The Condor Daughter

Gently gripping midwife drama from Bolivia is beautiful and moving

La Femme Infidèle

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

Late Fame

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

Leviticus

Earthy, honest themes elevate this chilling Aussie dramatic horror

The Last Blossom

Eye-catching Japanese animated drama has a musical sensibility

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SUPER NATURE
DE GAULLE: RESISTANCE
COYOTE VS ACME
THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT...
TONY
SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY
ON THE SEA
ISH
MUSTACHE
WHAM! 10 DAYS IN CHINA
TOMORROW'S TOO LATE
HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL
ASK E JEAN
THE ODYSSEY
HEARTSTOPPER FOREVER
THE LAST FIRST TIME
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD
SHOOT THE PEOPLE
MINIONS & MONSTERS
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW...
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