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The New Boy


Gorgeously shot, powerful Aussie drama stars Cate Blanchett as a nun


Monster


Another inventive, staggeringly powerful film from Hirokazu Kore-eda


Origin


Clever, fiercely involving drama about divisions in American society


Dogman


Offbeat Luc Besson thriller stars
Caleb Landry Jones as a dog lover


State of Consciousness


Fragmented and twisty psychological thriller with Emile Hirsch


American Dreamer


Uneven but scrappy comedy with Peter Dinklage & Shirley MacLaine

film news

CROSSING THE FINISH LINE!
AWARDS SEASON SWEEPSTAKES

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SHADOWS AWARDS: BEST of 2023

Greta back on screen
17.MAR:
Gerwig joins star-packed ensemble for Baumbach's coming-of-age movie, with Clooney, Dern, Sandler, etc.
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Quan will take on the lead role in stunt coordinator Eusebio's action thriller WITH LOVE
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Leitch plans NOBODY 2 & VIOLENT 2
Olsen, Tellerm Turner in ETERNITY
Garner & Hauser have FRUITCAKE
White & Stolte in TAKEOVER action
Roxburgh is THE CORRESPONDENT
Grant is UNFROSTED's Tony the Tiger
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Arnie is Santa
13.MAR:
Schwarzenegger teams up with Ritchson for Shankman's holiday heist comedy The Man With the Bag
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Stone, Phoenix, Pascal and Butler start filming Aster's New Mexico-set film Eddington
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Lohan may play an MCU villain?
Campbell back for SCREAM VII
Wolfhard, Feldman join SNL 1975
Neeson leads NAKED GUN reboot
Wen & Stanley join KARATE KID
John, McCartney in SPINAL TAP 2
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Cameron joins Keanu
10.MAR:
Diaz and Reeves will star in dark movie-star comedy Outcome, costarring and directed by Hill.
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Ferguson is joining Pratt in near-future thriller Mercy, directed by Bekmambetov
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Page in Soderbergh's BLACK BAG
Dern in Baumbach's ensemble
Affleck back for ACCOUNTANT 2
Kirby leads NIGHT ALWAYS COMES
Crews takes on Bautista in GAME
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box office

coming soon

LIUBEN
FESTIVAL: 38th BFI Flare
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22 Mar:
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE
IMMACULATE
ROBOT DREAMS
FEMME
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
BALTIMORE
DOGMAN
YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME
LIMBO
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
THE DELINQUENTS
LUCA
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29 Mar:
KUNG FU PANDA 4
GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE
MOTHERS' INSTINCT
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS
IN THE LAND OF SAINTS...
BLEEDING LOVE
THE LISTENER
DISCO BOY
SILVER HAZE
MORE >>
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Recently published reviews:
IMMACULATE
CLOSE TO YOU
LAYLA
RILEY
UNICORNS
YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME
THE NEW BOY
DOGMAN
STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
CROSSING
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN
BACKSPOT
GLITTER & DOOM
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

stage & more

38th BFI Flare

FESTIVAL: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival at BFI Southbank until 24th Mar. Updates/reviews on THE BLOG


Dazzling sights and sounds

DANCE: Company Wayne McGregor brings Autobiography and UniVerse to Sadler's Wells...


What really happened?

STAGE: Intense two-hander Blue explores social issues at Seven Dials Playhouse until 30th Mar...


We didn't make it to Disney

STAGE: Parody musical Unfortunate is a riotous explosion of naughty energy, on tour until 14th July...


Charmingly transgressive

STAGE: Connor Burns brings his acclaimed stand-up Vertigo to Soho Theatre, on tour through March...


Pushing forward

DANCE: New York City Ballet presents four expertly performed pieces at Sadler's Wells...


Blissfully out of control

STAGE: Zach Zucker's Stamptown takes Soho Theatre audiences by storm...


Impossible decisions

STAGE: Emotive drama The Mother of Kamal is Upstairs at the Gatehouse in Highgate...


January TV Roundup

SCREEN: Frasier, The Crown, Fellow Travelers, Morning Show, Lessons in Chemistry, Brothers Sun and more...


Let's talk about sex

STAGE: Blind Summit brings The
Sex Lives of Puppets
to Southwark Playhouse...


Spilling the beans

STAGE: Royal Vauxhall Tavern presents its annual adult-oriented panto Tossed...


Ogre the rainbow

STAGE: Above the Stag brings its outrageous panto Puss in Boots to Wonderville...

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STAGE: Garry Starr at Southwark
DANCE: Taiwan's Cloud Gate Theatre
DANCE: New work at Sadler's Wells
DANCE: Lovetrain2020, Sadler's Wells
Shadows @ AFI Fest
STAGE: White Factory at Marylebone
Shadows @ London Film Fest
STAGE: Strangers in Between
STAGE: Deeper and Deeper at Union
Shadows @ Fragments Festival
DANCE: Kyiv City Ballet at Peacock
STAGE: La Cage aux Folles, open air
STAGE: Myra DuBois at the Peacock
DANCE: Alvin Ailey, Sadler's Wells
Shadows @ London's FrightFest
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now showing

The Inventor


Witty, inventively animated adventure about Leonardo da Vinci


Ordinary Angels


Engaging, emotive true story with Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson


Drive-Away Dolls


Ethan Coen's loose road comedy with superb duo Margaret & Geraldine


Lisa Frankenstein


Sparky teen comedy with Cole Sprouse & Kathryn Newton


Silver Haze


Artfully shot but thin and meandering British drama has a strong cast


Wicked Little Letters


Corny English comedy is well-played by Jessie Buckley & Olivia Colman


Cold Meat


Tightly contained thriller centres on two people trapped in the snow


American Star


Very loose thriller starring Ian McShane as a hitman in the Canaries


Out of Darkness


Jump-scare heavy Stone Age thriller with an oddly over-groomed cast


Bob Marley: One Love


Kingsley Ben-Adir is terrific in this oddly compromised biopic


Madame Web


Uneven but snappy spidery superhero action with Dakota Johnson


Bleeding Love


Emotional father-daughter road movie with Clara and Ewan McGregor


Shoshana


Timely fact-based historical romance set in Palestine just before WWII


Eureka


Fascinating three-part odyssey about indigenous people in the Americas

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GETTING IT BACK: STORY OF CYMANDE
BONDED
THE SEEDING
THE SETTLERS
HERE FOR BLOOD
GASSED UP
RACE FOR GLORY: AUDI VS LANCIA
ARGYLLE
MIGRATION
THE COLOR PURPLE
JACKDAW
THE UNDERDOGGS
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recommended

Dune: Part Two


Bigger, deeper sequel with Florence Pugh and Timothee Chalamet


Do Not Expect Too Much
of the End of the World

Another playfull collage of big ideas from Romania's Radu Jude


Glitter & Doom


Charming and wonderfully colour-drenched musical romantic fantasy


High and Low: John Galliano


Riveting, important doc about the cancelled fashion designer


Io Capitano


Hugely involving migration thriller from Matteo Garrone


Soul


Pixar's gorgeous jazz-infused adventure, finally on the big screen


Perfect Days


Gorgeously observed slice-of-life Japanese film by Wim Wenders


Memory


Nuanced, moving drama with Peter Sarsgaard and Jessica Chastain


The Taste of Things


Yummy food-based romantic French drama with Juliette Binoche


The Teachers’ Lounge


Involving and powerfully observed school drama from Germany


The Iron Claw


Skilfully written and played true drama about wrestling brothers


Turning Red


Inventive, involving, hilarious animation is finally in cinemas


American Fiction


Clever and engaging social satire starring Jeffrey Wright as an author

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THE ZONE OF INTEREST
DISCO BOY
SKIN DEEP
HOW TO HAVE SEX
ALL OF US STRANGERS
BLUE GIANT
PORNOMELANCHOLIA
THE WIZARD OF OZ: 85th anniv
TOTEM
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