Forgotten Island

Dazzlingly animated Filipina adventure embraces strong themes

Her Private Hell

Refn's fantastical noir thriller is lavishly colourful but elusive

Boorman and the Devil

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

Charlie Harper

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

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

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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Laura heads west
23.SEP: Linney joins Freeman and Keaton in the Western action thriller Rode to Ruin
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Pitt teams with Berger for a sequel to zombie action thriller World War Z
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Ritchson takes on HELLDIVERS
Leguizamo is MIAMI VICE '85 villain
Pearce & Baird reteam for BOTTLE
Brie & Kutcher in Araki's DECLINE
Graham, Santino, Walls play GOLF
Gadd, Bruhl, Jaenada join PORTO
Morales & Grammer for HIS HEART
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Brie goes to Amalfi
20.SEP: Larson will star in Bradbeer's adaptation of the bestseller One Italian Summer.
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Rockwell & Rudd team up for the feud comedy Reasonable People
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Thompson & Shannon have MEALS
Hopkins for dystopian 2048 thriller
De Niro is Lasorda in TOMMY & ME
Mescudi making WRONG horror
Harrelson joins SUMMER OF ROSES
Daniels heads to THE RECEPTION
Hayek turns director with ARENA
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2 Oct:
DIGGER
VERITY
APRIL X
CHILD
THE PORTUGUESE HOUSE
KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER...
THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2
KIKUYU LAND
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
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9 Oct:
THE SOCIAL RECKONING
THE UPRISING
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM
WINTER OF THE CROW
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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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 @ Venice Film Fest
FESTIVAL: 2-12 Sep in Italy...

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...

Naked villany
STAGE
Nicolás Pérez Costa's high-octane Richard III at the Cockpit...

Making each other laugh
INTERVIEW: Chatting over coffee in Annecy with Minions & Monsters filmmakers Pierre, Chris and Brian...

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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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
STAGE: Palatable Gay Robot
Shadows @ BFI Flare
FEB TV: The Beauty, Heated Rivalry...
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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

Colony

Tense action thriller set in a Seoul highrise. With marauding zombies

Stop! That! Train!

Hilariously stupid Airplane! parody starring fabulous drag queens

Nimrods

Lively Green Day comedy sends three dopey teen rockers on the road

Holy Days

Kiwi road comedy features Judy, Miriam and Jacki as boisterous nuns

Franz

Artfully ambitious but fractured biopic about the legendary Franz Kafka

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PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE
SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES
THE SUMMER BOOK
SUPER TROOPERS 3
LOVE ME TENDER (Fr)
DO US PART
BOUCHRA
THE WEIRD KIDZ
THE GENTLEMAN THIEF
MIDDLE LIFE
ANIMAL FARM
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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

April X

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

Knife

Powerful, moving doc about the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie

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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