La Bola Negra

Staggeringly involving, gorgeously well-made, unmissable Spanish epic

Winter of the Crow

Lesley Manville faces some serious nastiness in Soviet-era Warsaw

Naza

Riveting and urgent journalistic doc queries Israeli forces bombing Gaza

California Schemin’

Energetic and hugely engaging true story about Scottish rappers

Case 137

Breathless, timely French thriller dives headlong into police brutality

Musk

Alex Gibney's four-hour doc is informative and terrifyingly urgent

Toni’s very Best
14.OCT: Collette will make her directing debut with The Best of, based on the novel about exes reconnecting
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Banderas is Cortes in Mignot's biopic about the 16th century conquistador
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Stanfield in MOLEPEOPLE thriller
Sink produces, stars in THE GUEST
Biel, Lacy, Hedlund go DOWNRIVER
Santoro in GIRL FROM URCA comedy
Palmer, Roxburgh, Pullar in BULL
Spencer & Casar join THE MAID
Appel makes MEDIEVAL TIMES movie
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Wunmi’s Night Out
11.OCT: Mosaku and Hodge take lead roles in Tillman's date night thriller One Night Out.
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Cena & Harbour's team up for The Family Disappears adventure
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Hall & Barinholtz join NAUGHTY
Brown for Hanks' COMEBACKER
Holland heads to MIAMI VICE '85
Biel is Hef's wife in PLAYMATES
Hauser for Curran's GARDEN CITY
Apatow & Faist lead ORLEANS
Hardwicke directs RIVER Western
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Back to the border
7.OCT: Blunt, Del Toro & Brolin will return for the third Sicario movie, written by Knight.
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Lawrence reunites with Stupinsky for the romcom One Month Mark
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A'zion & O'Connell at the END
Beckinsale, Gabriel take on DEAD
Hutcherson back for FREDDY'S 3
Keitel will teach THE METHOD
Kirke & Csokas lead Allen's next
Ingram & Hunt join OLD FRIENDS
Bayona returns for JURASSIC sequel
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STREET FIGHTER
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23 Oct:
WILDWOOD
ALI G: WHO IZ I?
CLAYFACE
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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6 Nov:
WILD HORSE NINE
ONWARDS AND SIDEWAYS
THINK OF ENGLAND
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13 Nov:
HOW TO ROB A BANK
EBENEZER
BEING HEUMANN
FJORD
PRIMA FACIE
THE MOSQUITO BOWL
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Shadows @ London Film Fest
FESTIVAL: The 70th LFF, 7-18 Oct...

October TV Roundup
SCREEN: Brothers, Ted Lasso,
La Mesias, Lanterns, Chad Powers, Star Trek, The Shards and more...

Demanding and dazzling
DANCE
Acosta Danza's breathtaking Cuban Baroque at Sadler's Wells...

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...

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JUN TV: Half Man, Hacks, Euphoria...
STAGE: Ali in Wonder(Eng)land
STAGE: Dada's Blue Mist on tour
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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Matchbox: The Movie

Wildly unoriginal action comedy with John Cena and guilty-pleasure stunts

The Lost Children of Tuam

Monica Dolan is excellent in this dark, intense true story from Ireland

The Yellow Tie

Romanian conductor biopic stars Ben Schnetzer & John Malkovich

Comédie Française

Hilarious and knowing backstage comedy set in Paris' iconic theatre

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

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

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EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD
GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE...
THE GIRL IN THE RIVER
I WANT YOUR SEX
FINDING EMILY
COLONY
STOP! THAT! TRAIN!
FRANZ
NIMRODS
HOLY DAYS
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Hadestown: The Musical

The acclaimed stage show about Orpheus & Hades is skilfully filmed

Fjord

Provocative Norwegian drama with Sebastian Stan & Renate Reinsve

Tenzing

Superbly well-made biopic about the first summit of Mount Everest

Digger

A barnstorming Tom Cruise leads this important, nutty-but-sharp satire

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

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

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PRESSURE
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
THE CONDOR DAUGHTER
LA FEMME INFIDELE
LATE FAME
LEVITICUS
THE LAST BLOSSOM
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
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