Obsession

inventive horror mixes comedy, a classic premise and real scares

Normal

Familiar but enjoyable small-town action comedy with Bob Odenkirk

High Tide

Funny, moving queer immigrant drama has a remarkably light touch

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Sharp and snappy fictionalised biopic stars Jude Law as Vladimir Putin

Driver’s Ed

A witty script and fresh cast elevate this goofy teen road-trip comedy

Orphan

Beautifully produced Hungarian drama traces a young boy's identity

Jessie & Paul reteam
13.MAY: Buckley & Mescal will reunite for Zeitlin's Louisiana outlaw drama Hold on to Your Angels.
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Fonda, O'Dowd, Reilly & Hollander lead Northern Irish thriller Ceasefire
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Zegler & Brody take LAST DANCE
Redmayne & Teller for STAR ONE
Gainsbourg & Ramirez have FUN
Woodley leads MOTHER'S HELPER
Strong is von Horn's PASSENGER
Mara on Campbell-Hughes' QUEST
Astin gets greedy in SCRUGGS
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Scarlett goes dark
10.MAY: Johansson will star in Aster's next film Scapegoat, which is likely to have horror elements.
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Williams & Rylance team up for Nice Fish comedy, based on Rylance's play
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Rossellini joins THREE SISTERS
Tatum to Kaufman's LATER THE WAR
Hart teams with McG for spy comedy
Schwarzenegger X 2 in BOOKIE
Palmer & Gottsagen play LOTTERY
Fraser heads to space for STARMAN
Midler, Parker, Najimy in HOCUS 3
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Awkwafina might die
6.MAY: Awkwafina, Ramos & Jeong lead dark comedy Kaet Might Die, about a woman facing cancer
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Howard & McGraw join Paul in Barker's Anything But Ghosts horror
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Gascon & Vega are LAS MALAS
Gere joins Silvers in ASYMMETRY
O'Brien & Pullman lead BULLS
Coon, Platt, Gage in MOTHER thriller
Moura, Fiennes, Farrell for ART
Williams & Kinnear to IGNITION
Luna joins Hahn in TANGLED
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22 May:
THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU
TUNER
FINDING EMILY
THE SALT PATH
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET
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29 May:
POWER BALLAD
MISS YOU, LOVE YOU
FAIRYLAND
THE LAST VIKING
A FEW FEET AWAY
WE'RE NOTHING AT ALL
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5 Jun:
MADFABULOUS
ERUPCJA
SHE'S THE HE
KOLN 75
UNDERLAND
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12 Jun:
DISCLOSURE DAY
STOP! THAT! TRAIN!
PINK NARCISSUS
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We own this city
STAGE
Brecht's electrifying The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, RSC Swan until 30 May...

The dark side of masculinity
DANCE
Bullyache's dazzling, bleak A Good Man Is Hard to Find at Sadler's East...

Joyful mischief
DANCE
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on a delightful UK tour until 24 June...

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

April TV Roundup
SCREEN: Beef 2, Jury Duty 2, Bridgerton 4, Starfleet Academy, Bait, The Madison, Paradise 2 and more...

Across the sea
DANCE
We Caliban offers a a twist on The Tempest at Sadler's Wells East...

More relevant than ever
INTERVIEW: Writer-director Bill Condon and actor Tonatiuh talk about Kiss of the Spider Woman...

Dancing in the streets
DANCE
Dorrance Dance's explosive The Center Will Not Hold at Sadler's Wells...

Don’t fence me in
STAGE
Stephen Brower brings Palatable Gay Robot to Udderbelly Blvd London...

Shadows @ 40th BFI Flare
FESTIVAL: LGBTQIA+ festivities take over the Southbank 18-29 March...

A question of faith
STAGE
Where There Is No Time grapples fashion, at Seven Dials until 28 Mar...

February TV Roundup
SCREEN: The Beauty, Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things 5, The Night Manager 2, Wonder Man, Industry 4, more...

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

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SHADOWS AWARDS: best/worst of '25
Shadows @ Cinema Made in Italy
DANCE: Pina Bausch's Sweet Mambo
STAGE: Gecko's The Wedding
STAGE: Beauty and the Beast panto
STAGE: Boys in the Buff, Golden Goose
NOV TV: Boots, Only Murders, Chad...
DANCE: Ebony Scrooge, Sadler's East
STAGE: The Great Christmas Feast
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Jimpa

Smart and intimate queer coming-of-age story with Olivia Colman

The Activist

Thoughtful thriller from Lithuania centres around LGBTQ protesters

The Sheep Detectives

Charming and often hilarious romp in which a flock works out whodunit

Mortal Kombat

Lively, overcrowded sequel features one grisly battle after another

Remarkably Bright
Creatures
Heartwarming comedy-drama about offbeat people and a wise octopus

Hit Me Hard and Soft

Experience Billie Eilish's Manchester concert with riveting 3D camerawork

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Fabulous cast reunites for an enjoyable sequel with a clunky script

Swapped

Colourfully animated body-swap adventure is pointed and endearing

Hokum

Blackly comical folk horror puts Adam Scott in a creepy Irish hotel

Mother Mary

Emotive drama meets bonkers ghost story with Michaela & Anne

Michael

Thinly drawn but entertaining biopic covers Michael Jackson up to 1988

Omaha

Warmly moving family road-trip drama starring John Magaro

Exit 8

Claustrophobic Japanese thriller set in a freaky inescapable metro station

Broken Bird

Blackly comical British thriller is both beautiful and very grim

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Over-familiar but cute romcom with Rege-Jean Page and Halle Bailey

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REBUILDING
ALMOST US
BALLS UP
ERUPCJA
YOU, ME & TUSCANY
UNDERTONE
HAMLET
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Diamonds

Dazzling Ozpetek drama highlights the work of Italian costume makers

Romería

From Spain, this involving odyssey swirls with memories and secrets

Kokuhō

Sumptuous, involving Japanese drama about kabuki theatre actors

Departures

Engaging, sharply pointed British drama traces an offbeat relationship

The Last One for the Road

Delightful Italian comedy-drama follows friends from pub to pub

Wild Foxes

Energetic French-Belgian drama looks at machismo among young boxers

Apex

Riveting wilderness thriller with Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton

I Swear

Engaging award-winning biopic about a British Tourette's campaigner

Rose of Nevada

Offbeat haunted boat spookiness with George MacKay & Callum Turner

Cherri

Involving Cuban drama about an overweight dancer with no regrets

Wasteman

Over-familiar but cute romcom with Rege-Jean Page and Halle Bailey

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Jude Law and Paul Dano lead this skilfully fictionalised Putin biopic

Colours of Time

Inventive French drama cleverly explores the past and present

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MIROIRS NO 3
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
THE STRANGER
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
THE DRAMA
OUTCOME
NIGHT STAGE
DJ AHMET
SPLITSVILLE
ORWELL: 2+2=5
THE LAST BLOSSOM
UNDERLAND
TWO PROSECUTORS
LA GRAZIA
DEAD MAN'S WIRE
THE GOOD BOY
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