Our film critic reviews the latest and most noteworthy film releases
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Release date (UK): 2024 | Country: Brazil | Running time: 137 min | Genre: Drama - History | Director: Walter Salles | Starring: Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello. | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir I’m Still Here is a poignant biographical drama following the true story of the disappearance of Rubens Paiva under the
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Release date (UK): 2024 | Country: USA | Running time: 139 min Genre: Romantic comedy | Director: Sean Baker | Starring: Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Lindsey Normington. | BBFC 18 By Jack Weir Sean Baker’s latest film Anora is as much a hysterical romp as it is a profound character study. Annie, a sex
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Release date (UK): 2024 | Country: USA | Running time: 107 min | Genre: Drama | Director: Greg Kwedar | Starring: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Colman Domingo shines in Sing Sing as Divine G, a man imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit,
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Release date (UK): 2024 | Country: Japan | Running time: 127 min | Genres: Drama, Thriller | Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Starring: Sakura Andô, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa. | BBFC 12 By Jack Weir Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film is a tender portrait of the connection between two young boys told from a number of interwoven
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Release date (UK): 2023 | Country: Japan, Germany | Running time: 124 min | Genres: Drama | Director: Wim Wenders | Starring: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano. | BBFC PG By Jack Weir Perfect Days is the latest film from German director Wim Wenders of Paris, Texas fame. The film follows Hirayama, a man in
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Release date (UK): 2023 | Country: USA | Running time: 206 min | Genres: Crime Drama | Director: Martin Scorsese | Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone. | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Martin Scorsese’s latest film is an epic historical crime drama about the murders of Osage Native Americans that took place
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Release date (UK): 2023 | Country: USA | Running time: 180 min | Genres: Drama Biography | Director: Christopher Nolan. | Writer: Christopher Nolan. | Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon. BBFC 15 By Jack Weir There has never been a cinematic event the likes of “Barbenheimer,” coined after the release of Barbie and Oppenheimer
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Release date (UK): 2023 | Country: USA | Running time: 111 min | Genres: Drama Thriller | Director: Paul Schrader | Writer: Paul Schrader | Starring: Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver. | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Master Gardener stars Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth, a methodical horticulturalist who is forced to face his troubling past when he
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Release date (UK): 2023 | Country: South Korea | Running time: 129 min | Genres: Comedy Drama Crime | Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Writer: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona | BBFC 12 By Jack Weir Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s latest film follows an unconventional chosen family on a heart-warming odyssey to find an
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Release date (UK): 2023 | Country: US | Running time: 117 min | Genres: Phsycological Drama | Director: Darren Aronofsky | Writer: Samuel D. Hunter | Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins. | BBFC PG By Jack Weir Darren Aronofsky’s latest film The Whale stars Brendan Fraser as Charlie, a morbidly obese English teacher trying
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Release date (UK): 2022 | Country: UK | Running time: 100 min | Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Director & Writer: Alex Garland | Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu. | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Alex Garland’s latest film is a hilariously harrowing folk horror film that criticises toxic masculinity with nuance and
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Release date (UK): 2022 | Country: USA | Running time: 139 min | Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy | Directors: Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert | Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie HsuKe, Huy Quan. | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s (Daniels) devastatingly funny new film stars Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang in