Kokuhō

Sumptuous, involving Japanese drama about kabuki theatre actors

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Fabulous cast reunites for an enjoyable sequel with a clunky script

Hokum

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

Romería

From Spain, this involving odyssey swirls with memories and secrets

Swapped

Colourfully animated body-swap adventure is pointed and endearing

Departures

Engaging, sharply pointed British drama traces an offbeat relationship

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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Pedro the Brigand
3.MAY: Pascal, Butler, McConaughey & Tang will lead Park's Western The Brigands of Rattlecreek.
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Kirby & Pullman star in Green's astronaut thriller The Spacesuit
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Thompson in FOXFINDER thriller
Evans joins CALIFORNIA ensemble
Zeta-Jones & Hopkins take VISIT
Woodall & Poesy head to PARIS
Essiedu joins Theron's TYRANT
Alwyn & Kellyman in CAVENDISH
Ferrara is NIGHT BURNS gangster
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Michael’s Battlefield
29.APR: Jordan teams up with McQuarrie to adapt videogame Battlefield for the big screen.
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Hudson & Bardem will lead long-distance romcom Hello & Paris
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Howery leads comedy PEAKING
Statham/Ayer reteam for JOHN DOE
Long, Perlman, Shum in HELHOUND
Klementieff leads MISTER action
Mcfarlane & Feore to DEEP BLUE
Degeneres' Dory is returning
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MORTAL KOMBAT II
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
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15 May:
THE CHRISTOPHERS
OBSESSION
NORMAL
DRIVER'S ED
JIMPA
HIGH TIDE
DIAMONDS
ORPHAN
THE ACTIVIST
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22 May:
THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU
TUNER
FINDING EMILY
THE SALT PATH
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC
LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET
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29 May:
POWER BALLAD
MISS YOU, LOVE YOU
FAIRYLAND
THE LAST VIKING
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5 Jun:
MADFABULOUS
ERUPCJA
SHE'S THE HE
KOLN 75
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We own this city
STAGE
Brecht's electrifying The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, RSC Swan until 30 May...

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...

Rich’s Best & Worst of 2025
THE 45th SHADOWS AWARDS
More lists than you can count...

A season of Italian films
FESTIVAL: Diving into a special programme from BFI and Cinecittà...

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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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
STAGE: The Fit Prince at King's Head
STAGE: RVT riotoius panto Growled
STAGE: Brick Lane Music Hall's Magic
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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

The Activist

Thoughtful thriller from Lithuania centres around LGBTQ protesters

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

Normal

Familiar but enjoyable small-town action comedy with Bob Odenkirk

Rebuilding

Josh O'Connor is excellent in this quiet drama set after a wildfire

Balls Up

Witty but unfunny rude comedy with Mark Wahlberg & Paul Walter Hauser

Erupcja

Uneven improvisational Polish romantic comedy with Charli XCX

Almost Us

Phoenix-set romantic drama is entertaining and a bit awkward

You, Me & Tuscany

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

Hamlet

Riz Ahmed is solid amid a mix of modern-day grit and archaic words

Undertone

Podcast horror has a superb dread-inducing sound mix but isn't scary

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CHAO
HEADS OR TAILS?
PIZZA MOVIE
THEY WILL KILL YOU
D IS FOR DISTANCE
HOLY DAYS
MR BURTON
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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

Diamanti

Dazzling Ozpetek drama highlights the work of Italian costume makers

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

Mirrors No 3

Paula Beer leads another involving, subtly nuanced drama from Germany

Eagles of the Republic

Lively comedy about Egyptian politics shifts into a darkly involving thriller

California Schemin’

Energetic and hugely engaging true story about Scottish rappers

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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
ARCO
LATE SHIFT
BROKEN ENGLISH
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