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Eleanor the Great review – has all the…

When 94-year-old Eleanor’s (June Squibb) best friend of 70 years and roommate Bessie (Rita Zohar) passes away, she decides it’s time

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Christmas, Again review – a perfectly-rounded Yuletide bauble

This indie gem from 2014 comes to UK cinemas for the first time, and it’s an example of elite Holiday

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Lurker review – an excellent showcase for…

In his controversial but undeniably significant smash hit ​‘Stan’, Eminem relayed the story of an obsessive fan who would do

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Ella McCay review – comfort food reheated, with a…

It’s been 15 years since filmmaker and TV legend James L Brooks last attempted to make a romantic comedy. The memory of 2010’s How

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A Different Kind of Holiday Affair: Carol at 10

That this exchange takes place within the feminine domain of the department store – the doll counter, no less –

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Animalia review – sci-fi in the most elusive…

Itto (Oumaïma Barid) is alienated. After a series of elegantly composed shots of a house’s opulent if empty interiors, she is shown

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Cover-Up review – a film worthy of Seymour Hersh

When investigative journalist Seymour ​“Sy” Hersh is asked what made him a suitable candidate to run his father’s store in Chicago,

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Dreamers review – presents the hell of seeking…

If there’s one thing that 2025 has done really well it’s to place out in the open the fact that

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It Was Just An Accident review – straightforward…

You’d be right to want to exact cold, hard revenge on a person who tortured you and planted nightmare imagery of

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Jafar Panahi: ‘We shouldn’t look at cinema too…

Jafar Panahi has had to navigate the most challenging set of circumstances in order to make films. Censored and persecuted