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How to Make a Killing


Black comedy with Glen Powell starts well but then turns strangely grim


One Last Deal


Danny Dyer goes for broke in this one-man show about a sports agent


Resurrection


Ambitious Chinese epic is dazzling, moving and somewnat out of reach


Reminders of Him


Simplistic and sappy, this moving romantic drama at least looks great


The Love That Remains


Bittersweet Icelandic drama is an engaging, mesmerising journey


Scarlet


Epic-scale anime spin on Hamlet is visually spectacular and moving

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Conan will be back!
11.MAR
: Schwarzenegger is returning for McQuarrie's decades-later action sequel King Conan
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Davis & Clarke will star in Noyce's corporate corruption thriller Ally Clark
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Reeves leads action comedy SHIVER
Gyllenhaal in PLAY BY PLAY action
Edgar-Jones leads TOMORROW
Gilbert/Quane direct WILD ROBOT 2
Pine, Boutella, Winstone face YETI
Tarantino takes on the West End
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More for Perfidia?
8.MAR
: Taylor and Anderson are plotting out a possible spin-off sequel to One Battle After Another
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Bullock reteams with writer Fox
for a new action-comedy adventure
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Kingsley may be joining SONIC 3
Rampling, Bessa in SANTO SUBITO
Crews for INAUGURATION DAY drama
Huston & Imperioli in EMPIRE CITY
White joins PAPER MADE action
Willimon writing THRONES movie
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Jessie & her Sisters
4.MAR
: Buckley, Ronan, Johnson and O'Connor will star in Rohrwacher's Three Incestuous Sisters
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Lindo & Idris may join Washington in Coogler's third Black Panther
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Majors will lead war action movie
Giamatti up for BOUTIQUE horror
Harris joins Scorsese's NIGHT
Calle boards Flanagan's EXORCIST
Van Dien & Ferrari in LOVE ME DEAD
Reitman/Keenan plan ASTRO BOY
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box office

coming soon

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20 Mar:
PROJECT HAIL MARY
DEAD MAN'S WIRE
ARCO
THE GOOD BOY
MR BURTON
PAST LIFE
ABODE
LA GRAZIA
TWO PROSECUTORS
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27 Mar:
SPLITSVILLE
HOLY DAYS
THE LAST BLOSSOM
TWO PROSECUTORS
DJ AHMET
ORWELL: 2+2=5
UNDERLAND
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3 Apr:
MR BURTON
KOKUHO
NIGHT STAGE
D IS FOR DISTANCE
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10 Apr:
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
HAMLET
THE STRANGER
CHAO
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Recently published reviews:
HOW TO MAKE A KILLING
ONE LAST DEAL
RESURRECTION
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET
HEEL
HOPPERS
THE ACTIVIST
DISREMEMBER
SCREAM 7
PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB
JIMMY AND STIGGS
SCARE OUT
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE
WHISTLE

stage & more

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...


Remember my name

DANCE
Pina Bausch's Sweet Mambo premieres at Sadler's Wells, until 21st Feb...


More relevant than ever

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


Married to the job

STAGE
Gecko's sparky The Wedding explores social contracts, at Sadler's East...


Tale as old as time

STAGE
Charing Cross Theatre's adult panto Beauty and the Beast until 11 Jan...


Let it all hang out

STAGE
Cheeky song and dance in Boys in the Buff, Golden Goose until 10th Jan...


The boss’ new groove

DANCE
ZooNation's dazzling hip-hop Ebony Scrooge, Sadler's East until 4 Jan...


A Victorian night out

STAGE
The Great Christmas Feast, an immersive dinner & show until 4 Jan...


Make the yuletide gay

STAGE
The Fit Prince is hilarious holiday anarchy, at King's Head until 3 Jan...


November TV Roundup

SCREEN Boots, Only Murders 5, Chad Powers, Peacemaker 2, MobLand, Morning Show 4, Alien: Earth, more...

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STAGE: RVT riotoius panto Growled
STAGE: Brick Lane Music Hall's Magic
DANCE: Ballet Black's Shadows
DANCE: NDT's Figures in Extinction
DANCE: Thikra at Sadler's Wells
STAGE: Get Down Tonight, Charing X
SEP TV: Chief of War, Wednesday...
DANCE: Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells
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now showing

The Bride!


Bale & Buckley are full-on in Gyllenhaal's audacious, uneven romp


Hoppers


Bale & Buckley are full-on in Gyllenhaal's audacious, uneven romp


Scream 7


Neve Campbell & Courteney Cox are back for more stabby nastiness


Good Luck, Have Fun,
Don’t Die

Madcap sci-fi comedy thriller with a time-travelling Sam Rockwell


Scare Out


Sleek Chinese counter-espionage thriller is choppy but intriguing


Jimmy and Stiggs


Outrageous yucky home-made horror from actor-filmmaker Joe Begos


Whistle


Gleefully grisly high school horror romp starring Dafne Keen


The Day the Earth Blew Up


Colourful and kinetic Looney Tunes movie feels random and unfocussed


Broken Bird


Energetic concert film featuring the sensational K-pop boy band


Hamlet


Riz Ahmed stars in a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's classic


Jimpa


Warmly pointed Australian drama with Olivia Colman and John Lithgow


The Chronology of Water


Kristen Stewart's mbitiously artful debut is painterly and ingulgent


All That’s Left of You


Emotional, melodramatic epic sees Palestine's history through a family


Stray Kids: The DominATE
Experience

Energetic concert film featuring the sensational K-pop boy band

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THE WRECKING CREW
KANGAROO
WORLDBREAKER
PRIMATE
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
THE RIP
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
THE HOUSEMAID
THE PLAGUE
SPONGEBOB: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
ELLA McCAY
ELEANOR THE GREAT
PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE
A FEW FEET AWAY
OH. WHAT. FUN.
MAGAZINE DREAMS
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recommended

Everybody to Kenmure
Street

Timely, electrically charged doc about a Glasgow commmunity protest


Sound of Falling


Profoundly involving German drama traces four generations of women


Sirāt


Absolute jaw-dropper of a thriller, traversing the deserts of North Africa


Heel


Offbeat British drama with Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough


The Testament of Ann Lee


Fiercely original Shakers-founder biopic with Amanda Seyfried


The President’s Cake


Lovely drama from Iraq followign a young girl who needs to bake


All You Need Is Kill


Vistually lavish, narratively exciting animated alien invasion action


Palestine Comedy Club


Engaging doc about standup comics who bring laughter amid tragedy


The Secret Agent


Ripping all-star heist thriller with Chris Hemsworth & Halle Berry


Kokuhō


Sumptuous, involving Japanese drama about kabuki theatre actors


Cold Storage


Entertainingly grisly comedy with Georgina Campbell & Joe Keery


Wasteman


Gritty, inventive British prison drama with David Jonsson & Tom Blyth


If I Had Legs I’d Kick You


Rose Byrne is astonishing in cleverly unhinged motherhood drama

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A PRIVATE LIFE
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
CRIME 101
GOAT
PALESTINE 36
MY FATHER'S SHADOW
LITTLE AMELIE
STITCH HEAD
PILLION
TWINLESS
SCARLET
IS THIS THING ON?
ISLANDS
7 KEYS
NOUVELLE VAGUE
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
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