Queen at Sea

Edgy, earthy, urgent British drama is led by a superb Juliette Binoche

Knife

Powerful, moving doc about the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie

Pressure

Involving, tense D-Day drama with Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott

April X

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

Fall 2

Vertiginous thriller sequel is heart-stopping even if it's also corny

Don’t Look Back in Anger

Rhapsodic film follows Oasis on their triumphant 2025 reunion tour

Keanu still in action
16.SEP: Reeves will produce and star in Kill Current, a thriller based on the first book in a series
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Connor & Silver lead Bravo's new account of 1986's Preppy murder
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Powell for CONFESSIONS remake
Coon joins HONEYMOON/FUNERAL
Seydoux & Murray in QUIET LAND
Newton to Birbiglia's OLD FRIENDS
Schnapp leads STEALING thriller
Feig is making ITALIAN JOB 2
Parker, McAdams et al for STONE 2
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The spirit of Colman
9.SEP: Domingo, Streep & Hader join Hanks in live/animated Lincoln in the Bardo.
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Madigan joins Hanks, Turner, Clarkson in Heller's Comebacker
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Huller is Hermdorf in WORK biopic
Cotillard & Bardem in DOOR
Freeman & Keaton team for RUIN
Longoria leads MARCELO film
Navarette in WAFFLE HOUSE horror
Leo joins Smith in SUPERMAX thriller
Firstman is animated JIM QUEEN
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Anne hits the track
2.SEP: Hathaway will join Cruise in Levine's 38-years-later sequel to Days of Thunder.
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Bailey, Dafoe & Dinklage join Hanks in live-action/animated Lincoln
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Momoa & Teller in COPPERHEAD
Wahlberg for THE OPERATOR action
Layne, Hemsworth to DEADLOCKED
A'Zion, Bardem, Ferguson are WET
Dornan joins Kravitz in DIE ALIVE
Lee, Park, Hwang reteam for CLUB
Ramirez to costar in MIAMI VICE '85
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CALL MY AGENT! THE MOVIE
DE GAULLE: LIBERTE
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25 Sep:
FORGOTTEN ISLAND
HEART OF THE BEAST
CHARLIE HARPER
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
HER PRIVATE HELL
BABYSTAR
LENORE
BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL
PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR...
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
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2 Oct:
DIGGER
VERITY
CHILD
THE PORTUGUESE HOUSE
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9 Oct:
THE SOCIAL RECKONING
THE UPRISING
THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM
WINTER OF THE CROW
THE YELLOW TIE
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
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16 Oct:
WHALEFALL
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'
CASE 137
MUSK
HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL
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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...

Myth, memory and bad ideas
STAGE
Hideki Noda's expansive, dazzling
–320°F at Sadler's Wells for 10 days...

June TV Roundup
SCREEN: Half Man, The Four Seasons 2, The Comeback 3, finales of Hacks, Euphoria, The Boys, and more...

Grounded in Indian soil
INTERVIEW: Chatting with filmmaker Rohan Parashuram Kanawade about his acclaimed romance Cactus Pears...

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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...
STAGE: Where There Is No Time
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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

Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie

The pups' new adventure takes them to an island with cute dinosaurs

Songs of Forgotten Trees

Delicate Indian drama explores social issues with sharp wit and insight

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THE SUMMER BOOK
SUPER TROOPERS 3
LOVE ME TENDER (Fr)
DO US PART
BOUCHRA
THE WEIRD KIDZ
THE GENTLEMAN THIEF
MIDDLE LIFE
ANIMAL FARM
CHICKENHARE AND THE SECRET...
SOUR PARTY
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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

Supernature

Beautiful documentary shot on home movies by people all over the world

Bitter Christmas

Almodovar is back with another gorgeous exploration of creativity

Coyote vs Acme

Riotously entertaining live-action/animated action comedy

De Gaulle: Resistance

Fascinating, thrilling biopic of the French leader is part one of two

Boorman and the Devil

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

Teenage Sex and Death at
Camp Miasma
Surreal meta-slasher movie with Hannah Einbinder & Gillian Anderson

The Magic Faraway Tree

Enjoyably offbeat film adaptation of Blyton's British family fantasy

Tony

Involving 1970s-set coming of age with Dominic Sessa & Emilia Jones

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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...
A PRIVATE LIFE
DRUNKEN NOODLES
ROMERIA
VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NIGHT & DAY
TOY STORY 5
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