MOVIE
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Bowie: The Final Act review – revisiting the…
In 2016, David Bowie’s death shook the world like a supernova – a deliberately-staged explosion that collapsed a lifetime of personas into a single, blinding…
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State of Statelessness review – an intimate…
This is a film about the constant sense of being slightly out of step with where you are standing, rendered with…
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Hamnet review – Jessie Buckley could make a stone…
This is a film about what it means to have children and the pulverising consequences that come from potentially losing them…
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Giant review – another tired boxing biopic for…
It’s nearing a quarter-century since the retirement of “Prince” Naseem Hamed, Sheffield’s world champion boxer of Yemeni heritage. For a while, in…
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Chloé Zhao: ‘There’s a desire for the language of…
The career ascent of writer/director Chloé Zhao has been immense, taking in intimate indie dramas (Songs My Brother Taught Me,…
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Peter Hujar’s Day review – Ira Sachs’ best film…
It’s only a matter of time before kids are doing the Peter (Hujar) Pilgrimage: a leisurely photographer’s stroll down New York’s 2nd…
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The Housemaid review – what a mess
I first became acquainted with Freida McFadden’s New York Times bestselling thriller ‘The Housemaid’ earlier in 2025, when I stumbled across…
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It’s a Wrap: 2025 in Film
Emily Maskell Five personal favourite films of 2025 Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier) Sorry, Baby (Eva Victor) April (Dea Kulumbegashvili) Flow (Gints…
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Avatar: Fire and Ash review – another James…
Despite its entirely digital construction and sometimes uncanny mix of 24 and 48FPS 3D, Avatar: Fire and Ash is full…
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Coming of age with Rob Reiner
“It was the summer of 1959, a long time ago. But only if you measure it in terms of years.” Richard…
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